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SN 1.47

Planters

Vanaropasutta

from: 5. On Fire

Planters

“Whose merit always grows
by day and by night?
What people—firm in principle, <j>accomplished in conduct—
are going to heaven?”

“Planters of parks or groves,
those who build a bridge,
a drinking place and well,
and those who give monastic quarters.

Their merit always grows
by day and by night.
Those people—firm in principle, <j>accomplished in conduct—
are going to heaven.”

Translation: German (Ayyā Sabbamittā), English (Bhikkhu Sujato). Source: SuttaCentral / Bilara (public domain, CC0).

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