Pāli Dictionary

Āditta Sutta

Sutta

A discourse in which a deva visiting the Buddha at Jetavana compares one’s possessions to belongings saved from a burning house, urging the wise to enjoy and give generously in order to secure future happiness.

Spoken before the Buddha at Jetavana by a deva who visited him. Like a man who rescues what he can from his burning house, let the wise man enjoy his possessions and give them away with discernment. Thus will he attain to happiness hereafter. S.i.31.

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