{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn55.43/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn55.43","id":"suttacentral_sn55.43","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn55.43/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"\u201cMendicants, there are these four kinds of overflowing merit, overflowing goodness that nurture happiness. What four? It\u2019s when a noble disciple has experiential confidence in the Buddha \u2026 the teaching \u2026 the Sa\u1e45gha \u2026 Furthermore, a noble disciple is wise. They have the wisdom of arising and passing away which is noble, penetrative, and leads to the complete ending of suffering. This is the fourth kind of overflowing merit, overflowing goodness that nurtures happiness. These are the four kinds of overflowing merit, overflowing goodness that nurture happiness. When a noble disciple has these four kinds of overflowing merit and goodness, it\u2019s not easy to count how much merit they have by saying that this is the extent of their overflowing merit, overflowing goodness that nurtures happiness. It\u2019s simply reckoned as an incalculable, immeasurable, great mass of merit.\u201d That is what the Buddha said. Then the Holy One, the Teacher, went on to say: \u201cOne who desires merit, grounded in the skillful, develops the path to realize freedom from death. Once they\u2019ve reached the heart of the teaching, <j>delighting in ending, they don\u2019t tremble at the approach <j>of the King of Death.\u201d","title":"Overflowing Merit (3rd)","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":191}