--- title: "Numbered Discourses: The Eights · Aṅguttara Nikāya · Aṭṭhakanipāta" author: "The Buddha" translator: "Bhikkhu Sujato" languages: [pi, en] shelf: "Pali Canon" section: 12 of 18 url: https://scriptura.si/works/pali-anguttara-nikaya-8/12/ cite: "The Buddha, tr. Bhikkhu Sujato, Numbered Discourses: The Eights · Aṅguttara Nikāya · Aṭṭhakanipāta, section 12. Scriptura (scriptura.si), https://scriptura.si/works/pali-anguttara-nikaya-8/12/" --- # Numbered Discourses: The Eights · Aṅguttara Nikāya · Aṭṭhakanipāta *The Buddha, tr. Bhikkhu Sujato* Teachings grouped in eights: eight worldly conditions, the eight thoughts of a great man, Mahāpajāpatī and the ordination of nuns. > Pali: the Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka (Buddha Jayanti edition, 2500), from SuttaCentral’s bilara-data, dedicated to the public domain (CC0). > English: Bhikkhu Sujato, from SuttaCentral’s bilara-data, dedicated to the public domain (CC0). Notes are not included. > Rows follow the segment numbers the two texts share, gathered into paragraphs; verse keeps its lines. ## 12. Gotamī · AN 8.57–8.60 Source: https://scriptura.si/works/pali-anguttara-nikaya-8/12/ · cite a paragraph as https://scriptura.si/works/pali-anguttara-nikaya-8/12/#p-N [¶0] AN 8.57 · Worthy of Offerings Dedicated to the Gods (1st) > Pali: AN 8.57 · Paṭhamaāhuneyyasutta [¶1] “Mendicants, a mendicant with eight qualities is worthy of offerings dedicated to the gods, worthy of hospitality, worthy of a religious donation, worthy of veneration with cupped palms, and is the supreme field of merit for the world. What eight? > Pali: “Aṭṭhahi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu āhuneyyo hoti pāhuneyyo dakkhiṇeyyo añjalikaraṇīyo anuttaraṁ puññakkhettaṁ lokassa. Katamehi aṭṭhahi? [¶2] It’s when a mendicant is ethical, restrained in the monastic code, conducting themselves well and resorting for alms in suitable places. Seeing danger in the slightest fault, they keep the rules they’ve undertaken. > Pali: Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu sīlavā hoti …pe… samādāya sikkhati sikkhāpadesu; [¶3] They’re learned, remembering and keeping what they’ve learned. These teachings are good in the beginning, good in the middle, and good in the end, meaningful and well-phrased, describing a spiritual practice that’s totally full and pure. They are very learned in such teachings, remembering them, reciting them, mentally scrutinizing them, and penetrating them theoretically. > Pali: bahussuto hoti …pe… diṭṭhiyā suppaṭividdhā; [¶4] They have good friends, companions, and associates. > Pali: kalyāṇamitto hoti kalyāṇasahāyo kalyāṇasampavaṅko; [¶5] They have right view, possessing right perspective. > Pali: sammādiṭṭhiko hoti, sammādassanena samannāgato; [¶6] They get the four absorptions—blissful meditations in this life that belong to the higher mind—when they want, without trouble or difficulty. > Pali: catunnaṁ jhānānaṁ ābhicetasikānaṁ diṭṭhadhammasukhavihārānaṁ nikāmalābhī hoti akicchalābhī akasiralābhī; [¶7] They recollect many kinds of past lives, with features and details. > Pali: anekavihitaṁ pubbenivāsaṁ anussarati, seyyathidaṁ—ekampi jātiṁ dvepi jātiyo …pe… iti sākāraṁ sauddesaṁ anekavihitaṁ pubbenivāsaṁ anussarati; [¶8] With clairvoyance that is purified and surpasses the human, they see how sentient beings pass on according to their deeds. > Pali: dibbena cakkhunā visuddhena atikkantamānusakena …pe… yathākammūpage satte pajānāti; [¶9] They realize the undefiled freedom of heart and freedom by wisdom. And they live having realized it with their own insight in this very life due to the ending of defilements. > Pali: āsavānaṁ khayā …pe… sacchikatvā upasampajja viharati. [¶10] A mendicant with these eight qualities is worthy of offerings dedicated to the gods, worthy of hospitality, worthy of a religious donation, worthy of veneration with cupped palms, and is the supreme field of merit for the world.” > Pali: Imehi kho, bhikkhave, aṭṭhahi dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu āhuneyyo hoti …pe… anuttaraṁ puññakkhettaṁ lokassā”ti. [¶11] > Pali: Sattamaṁ. [¶12] AN 8.58 · Worthy of Offerings Dedicated to the Gods (2nd) > Pali: AN 8.58 · Dutiyaāhuneyyasutta [¶13] “A mendicant with eight qualities is worthy of offerings dedicated to the gods, worthy of hospitality, worthy of a religious donation, worthy of veneration with cupped palms, and is the supreme field of merit for the world. What eight? > Pali: “Aṭṭhahi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu āhuneyyo hoti …pe… anuttaraṁ puññakkhettaṁ lokassa. Katamehi aṭṭhahi? [¶14] It’s when a mendicant is ethical, restrained in the monastic code, conducting themselves well and resorting for alms in suitable places. Seeing danger in the slightest fault, they keep the rules they’ve undertaken. > Pali: Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu sīlavā hoti …pe… samādāya sikkhati sikkhāpadesu; [¶15] They’re learned, remembering and keeping what they’ve learned. These teachings are good in the beginning, good in the middle, and good in the end, meaningful and well-phrased, describing a spiritual practice that’s totally full and pure. They are very learned in such teachings, remembering them, reciting them, mentally scrutinizing them, and penetrating them theoretically. > Pali: bahussuto hoti …pe… diṭṭhiyā suppaṭividdhā; [¶16] They live with energy roused up. They’re strong, staunchly vigorous, not slacking off when it comes to developing skillful qualities. > Pali: āraddhavīriyo viharati thāmavā daḷhaparakkamo anikkhittadhuro kusalesu dhammesu; [¶17] They live in the wilderness, in remote lodgings. > Pali: āraññiko hoti pantasenāsano; [¶18] They prevail over desire and discontent, and live having mastered desire and discontent whenever they arose. > Pali: aratiratisaho hoti, uppannaṁ aratiṁ abhibhuyya abhibhuyya viharati; [¶19] They prevail over fear and dread, and live having mastered fear and dread whenever they arose. > Pali: bhayabheravasaho hoti, uppannaṁ bhayabheravaṁ abhibhuyya abhibhuyya viharati; [¶20] They get the four absorptions—blissful meditations in this life that belong to the higher mind—when they want, without trouble or difficulty. > Pali: catunnaṁ jhānānaṁ ābhicetasikānaṁ diṭṭhadhammasukhavihārānaṁ nikāmalābhī hoti akicchalābhī akasiralābhī; [¶21] They realize the undefiled freedom of heart and freedom by wisdom. And they live having realized it with their own insight in this very life due to the ending of defilements. > Pali: āsavānaṁ khayā …pe… sacchikatvā upasampajja viharati. [¶22] A mendicant with these eight qualities is worthy of offerings dedicated to the gods, worthy of hospitality, worthy of a religious donation, worthy of veneration with cupped palms, and is the supreme field of merit for the world.” > Pali: Imehi kho, bhikkhave, aṭṭhahi dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu āhuneyyo …pe… anuttaraṁ puññakkhettaṁ lokassā”ti. [¶23] > Pali: Aṭṭhamaṁ. [¶24] AN 8.59 · Eight Individuals (1st) > Pali: AN 8.59 · Paṭhamapuggalasutta [¶25] “Mendicants, these eight individuals are worthy of offerings dedicated to the gods, worthy of hospitality, worthy of a religious donation, worthy of greeting with cupped palms, and are the supreme field of merit for the world. What eight? The stream-enterer and the one practicing to realize the fruit of stream-entry. The once-returner and the one practicing to realize the fruit of once-return. The non-returner and the one practicing to realize the fruit of non-return. The perfected one, and the one practicing for perfection. These are the eight individuals who are worthy of offerings dedicated to the gods, worthy of hospitality, worthy of a religious donation, worthy of greeting with cupped palms, and are the supreme field of merit for the world. > Pali: “Aṭṭhime, bhikkhave, puggalā āhuneyyā pāhuneyyā dakkhiṇeyyā añjalikaraṇīyā anuttaraṁ puññakkhettaṁ lokassa? Katame aṭṭha? Sotāpanno, sotāpattiphalasacchikiriyāya paṭipanno, sakadāgāmī, sakadāgāmiphalasacchikiriyāya paṭipanno, anāgāmī, anāgāmiphalasacchikiriyāya paṭipanno, arahā, arahattāya paṭipanno. Ime kho, bhikkhave, aṭṭha puggalā āhuneyyā …pe… anuttaraṁ puññakkhettaṁ lokassāti. [¶26] Four practicing the path, and four established in the fruit. This is the upright Saṅgha, with wisdom, ethics, and immersion. > Pali: Cattāro ca paṭipannā, cattāro ca phale ṭhitā; Esa saṅgho ujubhūto, paññāsīlasamāhito. [¶27] For humans, those merit-seeking creatures, who sponsor sacrifices, making worldly merit, what is given to the Saṅgha is very fruitful.” > Pali: Yajamānānaṁ manussānaṁ, Puññapekkhāna pāṇinaṁ; Karotaṁ opadhikaṁ puññaṁ, Saṅghe dinnaṁ mahapphalan”ti. [¶28] > Pali: Navamaṁ. [¶29] AN 8.60 · Eight Individuals (2nd) > Pali: AN 8.60 · Dutiyapuggalasutta [¶30] “Mendicants, these eight individuals are worthy of offerings dedicated to the gods, worthy of hospitality, worthy of a religious donation, worthy of greeting with cupped palms, and are the supreme field of merit for the world. What eight? The stream-enterer and the one practicing to realize the fruit of stream-entry. The once-returner and the one practicing to realize the fruit of once-return. The non-returner and the one practicing to realize the fruit of non-return. The perfected one, and the one practicing for perfection. These are the eight individuals who are worthy of offerings dedicated to the gods, worthy of hospitality, worthy of a religious donation, worthy of greeting with cupped palms, and are the supreme field of merit for the world. > Pali: “Aṭṭhime, bhikkhave, puggalā āhuneyyā …pe… anuttaraṁ puññakkhettaṁ lokassa. Katame aṭṭha? Sotāpanno, sotāpattiphalasacchikiriyāya paṭipanno …pe… arahā, arahattāya paṭipanno. Ime kho, bhikkhave, aṭṭha puggalā āhuneyyā …pe… anuttaraṁ puññakkhettaṁ lokassāti. [¶31] Four practicing the path, and four established in the fruit. This is the exalted Saṅgha, the eight individuals among sentient beings. > Pali: Cattāro ca paṭipannā, cattāro ca phale ṭhitā; Esa saṅgho samukkaṭṭho, sattānaṁ aṭṭha puggalā. [¶32] For humans, those merit-seeking creatures, who sponsor sacrifices, making worldly merit, what’s given here is very fruitful.” > Pali: Yajamānānaṁ manussānaṁ, puññapekkhāna pāṇinaṁ; Karotaṁ opadhikaṁ puññaṁ, ettha dinnaṁ mahapphalan”ti. [¶33] > Pali: Dasamaṁ. [¶34] > Pali: Gotamīvaggo paṭhamo. [¶35] > Pali: Tassuddānaṁ [¶36] > Pali: Gotamī ovādaṁ saṅkhittaṁ, dīghajāṇu ca ujjayo; Bhayā dve āhuneyyā ca, dve ca aṭṭha puggalāti.