Benefits of Building Dwelling Place

‘Venerable Sir, I had these sixty residences built because I need merit, because I need heaven. What line of conduct am I, Venerable Sir, to follow in regard to these dwelling-places?’

Well now, do you, Householder, establish these sixty dwelling-places for (the use of) The Community of the four quarters, present and to come.

‘Yes, Venerable Sir’, and the (great) merchant of Rājagaha, having answered The Perfectly Enlightened One in agreement, had those sixty dwelling-places established for (the use of) The Community of the four quarters, present and to come.

Then The Perfectly Enlightened One thanked the (great) merchant of Rājagaha in these verses:

They ward off cold and heat and beasts of prey from there

And creeping things and gnats and rains in the wet season.

When the dreaded hot wind arises, that is warded off.

To meditate and obtain insight in a refuge and at ease.

A dwelling-place is praised by The Perfectly Enlightened One as chief gift to

The Community.

Therefore a wise man, looking to his own best interest,

Should have charming dwelling-places built so that

those who have heard much can stay therein.

To these food and drink, robes and lodgings

He should give, to the upright, with mind purified.

(Then) they teach him The Teachings dispelling every ill;

He, knowing The Teachings, here attains Nibbāna (Enlightenment), taintless

and purified.

(Reference: Cv 6.4)

In this Teaching from Gotama Buddha, he shares how having a dwelling built for the benefit of The Teachers of The Community is of great benefit to the donor.

Through having a dwelling built for the specific purpose of The Teachers, it provides shelter to protect them from the environmental elements and then those Teachers are nearby the donor who can learn these Teachings leading to Enlightenment.

Enlightenment is the most beneficial result one can experience.

To never need to ever experience discontentedness ever again, is the greatest accomplishment one could ever gain. There is no other result of beneficial outcome that can compare to the ability of the mind to reside peaceful, calm, serene, and content with joy for the rest of this life and to no longer ever need to be reborn to experience discontentedness ever again.