Iti 60 · uttaka 60
This was said by the Blessed One, said by the Arahant, so I have heard: “Monks, there are these three grounds for meritorious activity. Which three? The ground for meritorious activity made of generosity, the ground for meritorious activity made of virtue, and the ground for meritorious activity made of development [meditation]. These are the three grounds for meritorious activity.”
Train in acts of merit
that yield the foremost profit of bliss–
develop generosity,
a life in tune,
a mind of good will.
Developing these
three things
that bring about bliss,
the wise reappear
in a world of bliss
unalloyed.
See also: SN 3:4, SN 3:17, SN 3:20, SN 3:25; §22
Translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu. © 2014 / rev. 2017 Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu — released under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 licence, for free distribution only. Source: dhammatalks.org (Metta Forest Monastery).
