Linked Discourses 55.45

5. Overflowing Merit, With Verses

Rich (2nd)

“Mendicants, a noble disciple who has four things is said to be rich, affluent, wealthy, and famous.

What four?
It’s when a noble disciple has experiential confidence in the Buddha …

the teaching …
the Saṅgha …
And they have the ethical conduct loved by the noble ones … leading to immersion.
A noble disciple who has these four things is said to be rich, affluent, wealthy, and famous.”