Securing this life and the next (Part 3 of 3)
The Buddha concludes in verses, saying:
Heedful at taking care of things
Diligent at one's occupation,
Living in a well tuned and balanced life,
One protects one's store of wealth.
A person with faith,
virtuous,
magnanimous, free of selfishness,
Constantly clears the path
to security in the lives to come.
Thus for one who seeks the household life,
these eight qualities, leading to welfare & happiness
Both in this life & in lives to come,
have been declared by the one
whose name is truth.
And this is how, for householders,
generosity & merit increase.
-Dighajanu Sutta, Anguttara Nikaya 8.54
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