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Aṅguttara Nikāya - The Numerical Discourses

7: The Book of the Sevens

I. Wealth — AN 7.5: Wealth in Brief

1“Mendicants, there are these seven kinds of wealth. What seven? The wealth of faith, ethical conduct, conscience, prudence, learning, generosity, and wisdom. These are the seven kinds of wealth.


2Faith and ethical conduct are kinds of wealth,
as are conscience and prudence,
learning and generosity,
and wisdom is the seventh kind of wealth.

3When a woman or man
has these kinds of wealth,
they’re said to be prosperous,
their life is not in vain.

4So let the wise devote themselves
to faith, ethical behavior,
confidence, and insight into the teaching,
remembering the instructions of the Buddhas.”

1"Sattimāni, bhikkhave, dhanāni. Katamāni satta? Saddhādhanaṁ, sīladhanaṁ, hirīdhanaṁ, ottappadhanaṁ, sutadhanaṁ, cāgadhanaṁ, paññādhanaṁ. Imāni kho, bhikkhave, satta dhanānīti.


2Saddhādhanaṁ sīladhanaṁ,
hirī ottappiyaṁ dhanaṁ;
Sutadhanañca cāgo ca,
paññā ve sattamaṁ dhanaṁ.

3Yassa ete dhanā atthi,
itthiyā purisassa vā;
Adaliddoti taṁ āhu,
amoghaṁ tassa jīvitaṁ.

4Tasmā saddhañca sīlañca,
Pasādaṁ dhammadassanaṁ;
Anuyuñjetha medhāvī,
Saraṁ buddhāna sāsanan"ti.

Pañcamaṁ.