0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 1.42Linked Discourses 1.42
0.25. Ādittavagga5. On Fire

0.3KiṁdadasuttaGiving What?

1.1“Kiṁdado balado hoti,“Giving what do you give strength?1.2kiṁdado hoti vaṇṇado;Giving what do you give beauty?1.3Kiṁdado sukhado hoti,Giving what do you give happiness?1.4kiṁdado hoti cakkhudo;Giving what do you give vision?1.5Ko ca sabbadado hoti,And who is the giver of all?1.6taṁ me akkhāhi pucchito”ti.Please answer my question.”
2.1“Annado balado hoti,“Giving food you give strength.2.2vatthado hoti vaṇṇado;Giving clothes you give beauty.2.3Yānado sukhado hoti,Giving a vehicle you give happiness.2.4dīpado hoti cakkhudo.Giving a lamp you give vision.
3.1So ca sabbadado hoti,And the giver of all3.2yo dadāti upassayaṁ;is the one who gives monastic quarters.¹3.3Amataṁ dado ca so hoti,But one who teaches the Dhamma3.4yo dhammamanusāsatī”ti.gives the gift of freedom from death.”

Translator’s notes

Here and SN 1.47:2.4 are the only places we find upassaya used for general “monastic quarters” rather than specifically for nuns. It is one of several Jain terms used by bhikkhunīs, perhaps because several prominent early bhikkhunīs, such as Bhaddā Kuṇḍalakesā, converted from Jainism.

↩ sn1.42:3.2