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Buddhism

SN 1:73 · Wealth (Vitta Sutta)

Thai temple painting: Prince Vessantara gives away the white elephant
Vessantara Jātaka, Chapter 2 (Himavanta Forest) · Thai, Rattanakosin, c. 1850–1870 · Walters Art Museum
“What is a person’s best wealth here?
What, well practiced, brings bliss?
What’s the most excellent of savors?
Living in what way
	is one’s life called the best?”
“Conviction is a person’s best wealth here.
Dhamma, well practiced, brings bliss.
Truth is the most excellent of savors.
Living with discernment,
	one’s life is called best.”

See also: AN 7:6–7; Sn 1:10


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).

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