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AN 5.147PTS AN 3.1711 min read

Gifts of an Untrue Person

Asappurisadānasutta

Good and bad ways of offering gifts.

Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato · Pāli: Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka · Public domain (CC0) via SuttaCentral

  • 0.1Aṅguttara Nikāya 5.147Numbered Discourses 5.147
  • 0.215. Tikaṇḍakīvagga15. At Tikaṇḍakī

0.3AsappurisadānasuttaGifts of an Untrue Person

1.1“Pañcimāni, bhikkhave, asappurisadānāni.“Mendicants, there are these five gifts of an untrue person.1.2Katamāni pañca?What five?1.3Asakkaccaṁ deti, acittīkatvā deti, asahatthā deti, apaviddhaṁ deti, anāgamanadiṭṭhiko deti.They give carelessly. They give thoughtlessly. They don’t give with their own hand. They give the dregs. They give without consideration for consequences.1.4Imāni kho, bhikkhave, pañca asappurisadānāni.These are the five gifts of an untrue person.

2.1PTS 3.172Pañcimāni, bhikkhave, sappurisadānāni.There are these five gifts of a true person.2.2Katamāni pañca?What five?2.3Sakkaccaṁ deti, cittīkatvā deti, sahatthā deti, anapaviddhaṁ deti, āgamanadiṭṭhiko deti.They give carefully. They give thoughtfully. They give with their own hand. They don’t give the dregs. They give with consideration for consequences.2.4Imāni kho, bhikkhave, pañca sappurisadānānī”ti.These are the five gifts of a true person.”

2.5Sattamaṁ.