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Singalasutta 34.21-31

Siṅgālasutta 34.21-31

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Pāli

34.21

Dānañca peyyavajjañca,

Giving and kindly words,

Advice to Sigālaka

34.22

atthacariyā ca yā idha;

taking care here,

Advice to Sigālaka

34.23

Samānattatā ca dhammesu,

and treating equally in worldly conditions,

Advice to Sigālaka

34.24

tattha tattha yathārahaṃ;

as they deserve in each case;

Advice to Sigālaka

34.25

Ete kho saṅgahā loke,

these ways of being inclusive in the world

Advice to Sigālaka

34.26

rathassāṇīva yāyato.

are like a moving chariot’s linchpin.

Advice to Sigālaka

34.27

Ete ca saṅgahā nāssu,

If there were no such ways of being inclusive,

Advice to Sigālaka

34.28

na mātā puttakāraṇā;

neither mother nor father

Advice to Sigālaka

34.29

Labhetha mānaṃ pūjaṃ vā,

would be respected and honored

Advice to Sigālaka

34.30

pitā vā puttakāraṇā.

for what they’ve done for their children.

Advice to Sigālaka

34.31

Yasmā ca saṅgahā ete,

But since these ways of being inclusive do exist,

Advice to Sigālaka

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