AN 3.42

Tiṭhānasutta

“Tīhi, bhikkhave, ṭhānehi saddho pasanno veditabbo. Katamehi tīhi? Sīlavantānaṁ dassanakāmo hoti, saddhammaṁ sotukāmo hoti, vigatamalamaccherena cetasā agāraṁ ajjhāvasati muttacāgo payatapāṇi vossaggarato yācayogo dānasaṁvibhāgarato. Imehi kho, bhikkhave, tīhi ṭhānehi saddho pasanno veditabbo.

Three Grounds

“There are three grounds, mendicants, by which a person with faith and confidence can be known. What three? They like to see ethical people. They like to hear the true teaching. And they live at home with heart rid of the stain of stinginess, freely generous, open-handed, loving to let go, committed to charity, loving to give and to share. These are the three grounds by which a person with faith and confidence can be known.

Dassanakāmo sīlavataṁ, saddhammaṁ sotumicchati; Vinaye maccheramalaṁ, sa ve saddhoti vuccatī”ti.

They like to see ethical people; they want to hear the true teaching; they’ve driven out the stain of stinginess: that’s who’s called an individual of faith.”