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The Velāma Sutta is part of the Anguttara Nikaya (AN 9.20 or 9.2.10). In English, this discourse (Pali: sutta) is referred to as "The Brahmin Velama" discourse.^[1] In this discourse, the Buddha instructs highly esteemed householder Anathapindika on the relative merit of various gifts.

Contents 1 Text 1.1 Attitudinal respect 1.2 Recipient worthiness 1.3 Verbal gifts 1.4 Mental gifts 2 Context 2.1 Who was Anathapindika 2.2 Absolute versus relative merit 2.3 Merit versus Nirvana 3 See also 4 Notes 5 Bibliography

[edit] Text

[edit] Attitudinal respect

[edit] Recipient worthiness

[edit] Verbal gifts

[edit] Mental gifts

[edit] Context

[edit] Who was Anathapindika

[edit] Absolute versus relative merit

Include reference to Iti. 1.27 (Ireland, 1999) re: merit-making vs. metta.

[edit] Merit versus Nirvana

Lay Theravada Practices: For a Fortunate Rebirth
FAITH (Saddhā)	GIVING (Dāna)	VIRTUE (Sīla)	MIND (Bhāvanā)	WISDOM (Paññā)
Buddha · Dhamma · Sangha	Charity · Almsgiving	5 Precepts · 8 Precepts	Metta · Vipassanā	4 Noble Truths · 3 Characteristics
Based on: Dighajanu Sutta, Velama Sutta, Dhammika Sutta.				view • talk • edit

[edit] See also

• Alms (Buddhism)
• Five Precepts
• Householder (Buddhism)
• Merit (Buddhism)
• Metta
• Triple Gem

• Related Suttas:

• Dhammika Sutta (Sn 2.14)
• Dighajanu Sutta (AN 8.54)
• Sigalovada Sutta (DN 31)

[edit] Notes

1. ^ See, for instance, www.metta.lk (undated), the English text.

[edit] Bibliography

• Bodhi, Bhikkhu (2005). In the Buddha's Words: An Anthology of Discourses from the Pali Canon. Boston: Wisdom Publications. ISBN 0-86171-491-1.

• Ireland, John D. (trans.) (1999). The Development of Loving-kindness (Iti. 1.27). Available on-line at http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/kn/iti/iti.1.024-027.irel.html#iti-027.

• Jootla, Susan Elbaum (1990). The Scale of Good Deeds: The Message of the Velama Sutta (Wheel No. 372). Kandy, Sri Lanka: Buddhist Publication Society. ISBN 955-24-0083-X.

• Rhys Davids, T.W. & William Stede (eds.) (1921-5). The Pali Text Society’s Pali–English dictionary. Chipstead: Pali Text Society. A general on-line search engine for the PED is available at http://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/pali/.

• www.metta.lk (Mettanet-Lanka) (undated). Sīhanādavaggo (AN 9.2). The Pali version of this chapter is available on-line at http://www.metta.lk/tipitaka/2Sutta-Pitaka/4Anguttara-Nikaya/Anguttara6/09-navakanipata/002-sihanadavaggo-p.html. The Velāma suttaṃ is identified as sutta "9. 1. 2. 10". The Romanized English version of this chapter is available on-line at http://www.metta.lk/tipitaka/2Sutta-Pitaka/4Anguttara-Nikaya/Anguttara6/09-navakanipata/002-sihanadavaggo-e.html. The "Velāmasuttaṃ - The Brahmin Velama" is identified as sutta "10".