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PoorPoorAt one time the Buddha was staying near Rājagaha in the Bamboo Grove, the squirrels’ feeding ground.At one time the Buddha was staying near Rājagaha in the Bamboo Grove, the squirrels’ feeding ground.There the Buddha addressed the mendicants,There the Buddha addressed the mendicants,

“Mendicants!”“Mendicants!”“Venerable sir,” they replied.“Venerable sir,” they replied.The Buddha said this:The Buddha said this:

“Once upon a time, mendicants, there was a poor person, destitute and pitiful.“Once upon a time, mendicants, there was a poor person, destitute and pitiful.They took up faith, ethics, learning, generosity, and wisdom in the teaching and training proclaimed by the Realized One.They took up faith, ethics, learning, generosity, and wisdom in the teaching and training proclaimed by the Realized One.After undertaking these things, when their body broke up, after death, they were reborn in a good place, a heavenly realm, in the company of the gods of the thirty-three.After undertaking these things, when their body broke up, after death, they were reborn in a good place, a heavenly realm, in the company of the gods of the thirty-three.

There they outshone the other gods in beauty and glory.There they outshone the other gods in beauty and glory.But the gods of the thirty-three complained, grumbled, and objected,But the gods of the thirty-three complained, grumbled, and objected,‘Oh lord, how incredible, how amazing!‘Oh lord, how incredible, how amazing!

For when this godling was a human being in their past life they were poor, destitute, and pitiful.For when this godling was a human being in their past life they were poor, destitute, and pitiful.And when their body broke up, after death, they were reborn in a good place, a heavenly realm, in the company of the gods of the thirty-three.And when their body broke up, after death, they were reborn in a good place, a heavenly realm, in the company of the gods of the thirty-three.Here they outshine the other gods in beauty and glory.’Here they outshine the other gods in beauty and glory.’

Then Sakka, lord of gods, addressed the gods of the thirty-three,Then Sakka, lord of gods, addressed the gods of the thirty-three,‘Good fellows, don’t complain about this godling.‘Good fellows, don’t complain about this godling.When this godling was a human being in their past life they took up faith, ethics, learning, generosity, and wisdom in the teaching and training proclaimed by the Realized One.When this godling was a human being in their past life they took up faith, ethics, learning, generosity, and wisdom in the teaching and training proclaimed by the Realized One.

After undertaking these things, when their body broke up, after death, they’ve been reborn in a good place, a heavenly realm, in the company of the gods of the thirty-three.After undertaking these things, when their body broke up, after death, they’ve been reborn in a good place, a heavenly realm, in the company of the gods of the thirty-three.Here they outshine the other gods in beauty and glory.’Here they outshine the other gods in beauty and glory.’Then Sakka, lord of gods, guiding the gods of the thirty-three, spoke this verse:Then Sakka, lord of gods, guiding the gods of the thirty-three, spoke this verse:

‘Whoever has faith in the Realized One,‘Whoever has faith in the Realized One,unwavering and well grounded;unwavering and well grounded;whose ethical conduct is good,whose ethical conduct is good,

praised and loved by the noble ones;praised and loved by the noble ones;who has confidence in the Saṅgha,who has confidence in the Saṅgha,and correct view:and correct view:

they’re said to be prosperous,they’re said to be prosperous,their life is not in vain.their life is not in vain.So let the wise devote themselvesSo let the wise devote themselves

to faith, ethical behaviour,to faith, ethical behaviour,confidence, and insight into the teaching,confidence, and insight into the teaching,remembering the instructions of the Buddhas.’”remembering the instructions of the Buddhas.’”