2020.02.02 Sunday

Excerpt From the Heirless (2)
Aputtaka Sutta  (SN 3:20)

“Grain, wealth, silver, gold,
or whatever other belongings you have;
slaves, servants, errand-runners,
& any dependents:
You must go without taking
any of them;
you must leave
all of them
behind.
What you do
with body, speech, or mind:
that      is yours;
taking
that      you go;
that’s
your follower,
like a shadow
that never leaves.
Thus you should do what is fine
as a stash for the next life.
Acts of merit
are the support for beings
in their after-death world.”

https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/SN/SN3_20.html

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