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AN 8.31PTS AN 4.2361 min read

Giving (1st)

Paṭhamadānasutta

Eight ways of giving a gift.

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

  • 0.1Aṅguttara Nikāya 8.31Numbered Discourses 8.31
  • 0.24. Dānavagga4. Giving

0.3PaṭhamadānasuttaGiving (1st)

1.1PTS 4.236“Aṭṭhimāni, bhikkhave, dānāni.“Mendicants, there are these eight gifts.1.2Katamāni aṭṭha?What eight?1.3Āsajja dānaṁ deti,Someone might give a gift after insulting the recipient.1.4bhayā dānaṁ deti,Or they give out of fear.1.5‘adāsi me’ti dānaṁ deti,Or they give thinking, ‘They gave to me.’1.6‘dassati me’ti dānaṁ deti,Or they give thinking, ‘They’ll give to me.’1.7‘sāhu dānan’ti dānaṁ deti,Or they give thinking, ‘It’s good to give.’1.8‘ahaṁ pacāmi, ime na pacanti; nārahāmi pacanto apacantānaṁ dānaṁ adātun’ti dānaṁ deti,Or they give thinking, ‘I cook, they don’t. It wouldn’t be right for me to not give to them.’1.9‘imaṁ me dānaṁ dadato kalyāṇo kittisaddo abbhuggacchatī’ti dānaṁ deti,Or they give thinking, ‘By giving this gift I’ll get a good reputation.’1.10cittālaṅkāracittaparikkhāratthaṁ dānaṁ deti.Or they give thinking, ‘This is an adornment and requisite for the mind.’1.11Imāni kho, bhikkhave, aṭṭha dānānī”ti.These are the eight gifts.”

1.12Paṭhamaṁ.