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Sīlavantaānisaṃsa ### [1.24.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.1.24.1) Pañcime, gahapatayo, ānisaṃsā sīlavato sīlasampadāya. > There are these five benefits for an ethical person because of their accomplishment in ethics. > — The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment ### [1.24.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.1.24.2) Katame pañca? > What five? > — The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment ### [1.24.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.1.24.3) Idha, gahapatayo, sīlavā sīlasampanno appamādādhikaraṇaṃ mahantaṃ bhogakkhandhaṃ adhigacchati. > Firstly, an ethical person gains great wealth on account of diligence. > — The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment ### [1.24.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.1.24.4) Ayaṃ paṭhamo ānisaṃso sīlavato sīlasampadāya. > This is the first benefit. > — The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment ### [1.24.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.1.24.5) Puna caparaṃ, gahapatayo, sīlavato sīlasampannassa kalyāṇo kittisaddo abbhuggacchati. > Furthermore, an ethical person gets a good reputation. > — The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment ### [1.24.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.1.24.6) Ayaṃ dutiyo ānisaṃso sīlavato sīlasampadāya. > This is the second benefit. > — The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment ### [1.24.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.1.24.7) Puna caparaṃ, gahapatayo, sīlavā sīlasampanno yaññadeva parisaṃ upasaṅkamati—yadi khattiyaparisaṃ yadi brāhmaṇaparisaṃ yadi gahapatiparisaṃ yadi samaṇaparisaṃ visārado upasaṅkamati amaṅkubhūto. > Furthermore, an ethical person enters any kind of assembly bold and self-assured, whether it’s an assembly of aristocrats, brahmins, householders, or ascetics. > — The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment ### [1.24.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.1.24.8) Ayaṃ tatiyo ānisaṃso sīlavato sīlasampadāya. > This is the third benefit. > — The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment ### [1.24.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.1.24.9) Puna caparaṃ, gahapatayo, sīlavā sīlasampanno asammūḷho kālaṃ karoti. > Furthermore, an ethical person dies not feeling lost. > — The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment ### [1.24.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.1.24.10) Ayaṃ catuttho ānisaṃso sīlavato sīlasampadāya. > This is the fourth benefit. > — The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment ### [1.24.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.1.24.11) Puna caparaṃ, gahapatayo, sīlavā sīlasampanno kāyassa bhedā paraṃ maraṇā sugatiṃ saggaṃ lokaṃ upapajjati. > Furthermore, when an ethical person’s body breaks up, after death, they’re reborn in a good place, a heavenly realm. > — The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment ### [1.24.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.1.24.12) Ayaṃ pañcamo ānisaṃso sīlavato sīlasampadāya. > This is the fifth benefit. > — The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment ### [1.24.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.1.24.13) Ime kho, gahapatayo, pañca ānisaṃsā sīlavato sīlasampadāyā”ti. > These are the five benefits for an ethical person because of their accomplishment in ethics.” > — The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment ## Translations (5) - [Большое наставление об окончательной ниббане](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16~ru-khantibalo.1.24.1) — Russian - [Die große Lehrrede vom Erlöschen des Buddha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16~de-sabbamitta.1.24.1) — German - [Dugi govor o konačnom oslobođenju](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16~sr-brankokovacevic.1.24.1) — sr - [The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16~en-sujato.1.24.1) — English - [The Book of the Great Decease (Mahâ-parinibbâna-suttanta)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16~en-rhysdavids1881.1.24) — English ## Commentaries (1) - [Sumaṅgalavilāsinī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha!sumangalavilasini.16.150) — Buddhaghosa, Pāli ## Linked texts (2) - [Mahāvagga](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.vp.khandhaka.mahavagga.6.28.5.3) — Pāli - [Saṅgītisutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.33.2.1.48) — Pāli --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.1.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.1.24) · Pramāṇa