SN 1.43Food
Pāli / Sanskrit:Annasutta
Gods and humans love to eat, so what kind of being does not like food?
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– Chapter 1: Linked Discourses with Deities
– V: On Fire
1.43. Food
Gods and humans alike
All delight in food;
What is the name of the spirit
Who does not delight in food?
(The Blessed One):
Whoever gives with faith
And with a purified heart
Shares in that food
In this world and the next.
Therefore, ward off stinginess;
Give, overcoming that stain.
For beings, merit remains firm
In the world to come.
These discourses were translated into Vietnamese by Venerable Thích Minh Châu and published by Vạn Hạnh Meditation Monastery in the early 1980s. Later, as part of the Vietnamese Buddhist Canon translation and publication program, the collection was reprinted in 1993 and assigned sequence numbers 12 through 16.
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