{"collection":"Anguttara Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_an4.62/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_an4.62","id":"suttacentral_an4.62","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/an4.62/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Anguttara Nikaya","Early Buddhist Texts"],"text":"Then the householder An\u0101thapi\u1e47\u1e0dika went up to the Buddha, bowed, and sat down to one side. The Buddha said to him: \u201cHouseholder, these four kinds of happiness can be earned by a layperson who enjoys sensual pleasures, depending on time and occasion. What four? The happiness of ownership, using wealth, debtlessness, and blamelessness. And what is the happiness of ownership? It\u2019s when a gentleman owns legitimate wealth that he has earned by his own efforts and initiative, built up with his own hands, gathered by the sweat of the brow. When he reflects on this, he\u2019s filled with pleasure and happiness. This is called \u2018the happiness of ownership\u2019. And what is the happiness of using wealth? It\u2019s when a gentleman uses his legitimate wealth, and makes merit with it. When he reflects on this, he\u2019s filled with pleasure and happiness. This is called \u2018the happiness of using wealth\u2019. And what is the happiness of debtlessness? It\u2019s when a gentleman owes no debt, large or small, to anyone. When he reflects on this, he\u2019s filled with pleasure and happiness. This is called \u2018the happiness of debtlessness\u2019. And what is the happiness of blamelessness? It\u2019s when a noble disciple has blameless conduct by way of body, speech, and mind. When he reflects on this, he\u2019s filled with pleasure and happiness. This is called \u2018the happiness of blamelessness\u2019. These four kinds of happiness can be earned by a layperson who enjoys sensual pleasures, depending on time and occasion. Knowing the happiness of debtlessness, and the extra happiness of possession, a mortal enjoying the happiness of using wealth, then discerns clearly with wisdom. Discerning clearly, a clever person knows both kinds of happiness: the other kind is not worth a sixteenth part of the happiness of blamelessness.\u201d","title":"Debtlessness","tradition":"Anguttara Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":293}