Aṅguttara / Aṅguttaranikāya / Chakkanipāta

The Buddha

Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato and others

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The opening

Numbered Discourses 6.1 Worthy of Offerings (1st)

Worthy of Offerings (1st)

So I have heard. At one time the Buddha was staying near Sāvatthī in Jeta’s Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika’s monastery. There the Buddha addressed the mendicants, “Mendicants!”

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

“Mendicants, a mendicant with six 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 six?

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