Aṭṭhakanipāta 75

Numbered Discourses 8.75

8. Pairs

Accomplishments (1st)

1 “Mendicants, there are these eight accomplishments. What eight? Accomplishment in initiative, protection, good friendship, and balanced finances. And accomplishment in faith, ethics, generosity, and wisdom. These are the eight accomplishments.

2 They’re enterprising in the workplace,

diligent in managing things,

they balance their finances,

and preserve their wealth.

3 Faithful, accomplished in ethics,

bountiful, rid of stinginess,

they always purify the path

to well-being in lives to come.

4 And so these eight qualities

of a faithful householder of discernment

are declared by the one who is truly named

to lead to happiness in both spheres,

5 welfare and benefit in this life,

and happiness in lives to come.

This is how, for a householder,

merit grows by generosity.”