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Māghasuttaṃ [Snp 3.5, PTS 87–91] – The Discourse on Māgha
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Māghasuttaṃ [Snp 3.5, PTS 87–91]

5.

The Discourse on Māgha

Thus have I heard - On one occasion the Blessed One was dwelling at Rājagaha on the Vulture's Peak mountain. Then the young man Māgha approached the Blessed One; having approached, he exchanged friendly greetings with the Blessed One. Having concluded the pleasant and memorable talk, he sat down to one side. Seated to one side, the young man Māgha said this to the Blessed One -

"Indeed, Master Gotama, I am a donor, a master of giving, bountiful, accessible to requests; I seek wealth righteously; having sought wealth righteously, with wealth righteously acquired, righteously obtained, I give to one, I give to two, to three, to four, to five, to six, to seven, to eight, to nine, to ten, I give to twenty, to thirty, to forty, to fifty, I give to a hundred, and I give even more. Am I, Master Gotama, thus giving, thus sacrificing, generating much merit?"

"Truly you, young man, thus giving, thus sacrificing, generate much merit. Whoever, young man, is a donor, a master of giving, bountiful, accessible to requests; seeks wealth righteously; having sought wealth righteously, with wealth righteously acquired, righteously obtained, gives to one, etc. gives to a hundred, and gives even more, he generates much merit." Then the young man Māgha addressed the Blessed One in verse -

492.More DetailsCommentaries

"I ask Gotama, the bountiful one," (thus spoke Māgha the young man)

"Wearing the ochre robe, wandering homeless;

Whoever is accessible to requests, a master of giving, a householder, desirous of merit, sacrifices hoping for merit;

Giving food and drink to others here, how may the oblation become pure for the one sacrificing?"

493.More DetailsCommentaries

"Whoever is accessible to requests, a master of giving, a householder," (thus spoke the Blessed One to Māgha)

"Desirous of merit, sacrifices hoping for merit;

Giving food and drink to others here, such a one may succeed with those worthy of offerings."

494.More DetailsCommentaries

"Whoever is accessible to requests, a master of giving, a householder," (thus spoke Māgha the young man)

"Desirous of merit, sacrifices hoping for merit;

Giving food and drink to others here, tell me, Blessed One, about those worthy of offerings."

495.More DetailsCommentaries

"Those who indeed wander in the world unattached, owning nothing, consummate ones, with controlled selves;

At the right time one should offer the oblation to them - the brahmin hoping for merit should sacrifice.

496.More DetailsCommentaries

"Those who have cut off all fetters and bonds, tamed, liberated, free from trouble, desireless;

At the right time one should offer the oblation to them - the brahmin hoping for merit should sacrifice.

497.More DetailsCommentaries

"Those who are free from all mental fetters, tamed, liberated, free from trouble, desireless;

At the right time one should offer the oblation to them - the brahmin hoping for merit should sacrifice.

498.More DetailsCommentaries

"Having abandoned lust and hate and delusion, those who have eliminated the mental corruptions, who have lived the holy life;

At the right time one should offer the oblation to them - the brahmin hoping for merit should sacrifice.

499.More DetailsCommentaries

"In whom deceit does not dwell, nor conceit, those who have eliminated the mental corruptions, who have lived the holy life;

At the right time one should offer the oblation to them - the brahmin hoping for merit should sacrifice.

500.More DetailsCommentaries

"Those who are free from greed, unselfish, desireless, who have eliminated the mental corruptions, who have lived the holy life;

At the right time one should offer the oblation to them - the brahmin hoping for merit should sacrifice.

501.More DetailsCommentaries

"Those who indeed have not fallen into cravings, having crossed over the flood, wander unselfish;

At the right time one should offer the oblation to them - the brahmin hoping for merit should sacrifice.

502.More DetailsCommentaries

"For those in whom there is no craving anywhere in the world, for this or that existence, here or beyond;

At the right time one should offer the oblation to them - the brahmin hoping for merit should sacrifice.

503.More Details

"Those who, having abandoned sensual pleasures, wander homeless, thoroughly restrained, straight like a shuttle;

At the right time one should offer the oblation to them - the brahmin hoping for merit should sacrifice.

504.More DetailsCommentaries

"Those who are without lust, with well-concentrated faculties, freed like the moon from Rāhu's grip;

At the right time one should offer the oblation to them - the brahmin hoping for merit should sacrifice.

505.More Details

"Those who have calmed themselves, without lust, without irritation, for whom there is no destination here, having abandoned;

At the right time one should offer the oblation to them - the brahmin hoping for merit should sacrifice.

506.More DetailsCommentaries

"Having abandoned birth and death entirely, having overcome all doubt;

At the right time one should offer the oblation to them - the brahmin hoping for merit should sacrifice.

507.More DetailsCommentaries

"Those who wander in the world having themselves as an island, owning nothing, free everywhere;

At the right time one should offer the oblation to them - the brahmin hoping for merit should sacrifice.

508.More DetailsCommentaries

"Those who here know this as it truly is, 'This is the last, there is no more rebirth';

At the right time one should offer the oblation to them - the brahmin hoping for merit should sacrifice.

509.More DetailsCommentaries

"Whoever has attained the highest knowledge, delighting in meditative absorption, mindful, having reached the highest enlightenment, a refuge for many;

At the right time one should offer the oblation to him - the brahmin hoping for merit should sacrifice."

510.More DetailsCommentaries

"Surely my questioning was not fruitless, the Blessed One declared to me those worthy of offerings;

For you here know this as it truly is, for thus this teaching is known to you.

511.More DetailsCommentaries

"Whoever is accessible to requests, a master of giving, a householder," (thus spoke Māgha the young man)

"Desirous of merit, sacrifices hoping for merit;

Giving food and drink to others here,

Tell me, Blessed One, about the accomplishment of sacrifice."

512.More DetailsCommentaries

"Sacrifice, O sacrificing one, Māgha," said the Blessed One, "and purify the mind everywhere;

The sacrifice is the object for one sacrificing, having established oneself here, one gives up hate.

513.More Details

"He, without lust, having removed hate, developing a mind of friendliness, limitless;

Night and day, constantly diligent, pervades all directions measurelessly."

514.More DetailsCommentaries

"Who is purified, who is freed, and who is bound, by what reason does one go to the Brahma world;

Being asked, sage, tell me who does not know, for the Blessed One has been seen by me today as a witness to Brahmā;

For you are truly equal to Brahmā for us, how is one reborn in the Brahma world, O Radiant One?"

515.More DetailsCommentaries

"Whoever sacrifices the threefold accomplishment of sacrifice," (thus spoke the Blessed One to Māgha)

Such a one may succeed with those worthy of offerings;

Having thus sacrificed rightly, one accessible to requests,

Is reborn in the Brahma world, I say."

When this was said, the young man Māgha said this to the Blessed One - "Excellent, Master Gotama! Etc. From this day forth, may he remember me as a lay follower who has gone for refuge for life."

The Discourse on Māgha is concluded as fifth.

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