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The Benefits of Giving

Dānānisaṁsasutta

Five benefits of generosity for lay people.

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

  • 0.1Aṅguttara Nikāya 5.35Numbered Discourses 5.35
  • 0.24. Sumanavagga4. With Sumanā

0.3DānānisaṁsasuttaThe Benefits of Giving

1.1PTS 3.41“Pañcime, bhikkhave, dāne ānisaṁsā.“Mendicants, there are five benefits of giving.1.2Katame pañca?What five?1.3Bahuno janassa piyo hoti manāpo;A giver, a donor is dear and beloved by many people.1.4santo sappurisā bhajanti;Good and true persons associate with them.1.5kalyāṇo kittisaddo abbhuggacchati;They get a good reputation.1.6gihidhammā anapagato hoti;They don’t neglect a layperson’s duties.1.7kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā sugatiṁ saggaṁ lokaṁ upapajjati.When their body breaks up, after death, they’re reborn in a good place, a heavenly realm.1.8Ime kho, bhikkhave, pañca dāne ānisaṁsāti.These are the five benefits of giving.

2.1Dadamāno piyo hoti,Giving, one is loved,2.2sataṁ dhammaṁ anukkamaṁ;and follows the way of the good.2.3Santo naṁ sadā bhajanti,The good, disciplined spiritual practitioners2.4saññatā brahmacārayo.always associate with you.

3.1Te tassa dhammaṁ desenti,They teach you the Dhamma3.2Sabbadukkhāpanūdanaṁ;that casts aside all suffering.3.3Yaṁ so dhammaṁ idhaññāya,Having understood this teaching,3.4Parinibbāti anāsavo”ti.the undefiled one is fully extinguished.”

3.5Pañcamaṁ.