Numbered Discourses 3.42 5. The Lesser Chapter Three Grounds (AN3.42)

1.1

“Tīhi, bhikkhave, ṭhānehi saddho pasanno veditabbo.

“There are three grounds, mendicants, by which a person with faith and confidence can be known.

1.2

Katamehi tīhi?

What three?

1.3

Sīlavantānaṁ dassanakāmo hoti, saddhammaṁ sotukāmo hoti, vigatamalamaccherena cetasā agāraṁ ajjhāvasati muttacāgo payatapāṇi vossaggarato yācayogo dānasaṁvibhāgarato.

They like to see ethical people. They like to hear the true teaching. And they live at home with heart rid of the stain of stinginess, freely generous, open-handed, loving to let go, committed to charity, loving to give and to share.

1.4

Imehi kho, bhikkhave, tīhi ṭhānehi saddho pasanno veditabbo.

These are the three grounds by which a person with faith and confidence can be known.

2.1

Dassanakāmo sīlavataṁ,

They like to see ethical people;

2.2

saddhammaṁ sotumicchati;

they want to hear the true teaching;

2.3

Vinaye maccheramalaṁ,

they’ve driven out the stain of stinginess:

2.4

sa ve saddhoti vuccatī”ti.

that’s who’s called an individual of faith.”

2.5

Dutiyaṁ.