In the same way, when a noble disciple has these five kinds of overflowing merit and goodness, it’s not easy to grasp how much merit they have: ‘This is how much this overflowing merit … leads to happiness.’ It’s simply reckoned as an incalculable, immeasurable, great mass of merit.

Hosts of people use the rivers,

and though the rivers are many,

all reach the great deep, the boundless ocean,

the cruel sea that’s home to precious gems.

So too, when a person gives food, drink, and clothes;

and they’re a giver of beds, seats, and mats—

the streams of merit reach that astute person,

as the rivers bring their waters to the sea.”

Numbered Discourses 5.46 5. With King Muṇḍa Success

“Mendicants, there are five accomplishments. What five? Accomplishment in faith, ethics, learning, generosity, and wisdom. These are the five accomplishments.”

Numbered Discourses 5.47 5. With King Muṇḍa Wealth

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