{"id":"iti26","title":"Giving","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"iti26","title":"Giving","units":[{"id":"iti26:0","sourceIds":["iti26:0.1","iti26:0.2","iti26:0.3","iti26:0.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Itivuttaka 26\nEkakanipāta\nTatiyavagga\nDānasutta","en":"So It Was Said 26\nThe Book of the Ones\nChapter Three\nGiving"}},{"id":"iti26:1","sourceIds":["iti26:1.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Vuttañhetaṁ bhagavatā vuttamarahatāti me sutaṁ:","en":"This was said by the Buddha, the Perfected One: that is what I heard."}},{"id":"iti26:2","sourceIds":["iti26:2.1","iti26:2.2","iti26:2.3","iti26:2.4","iti26:2.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Evañce, bhikkhave, sattā jāneyyuṁ dānasaṁvibhāgassa vipākaṁ yathāhaṁ jānāmi, na adatvā bhuñjeyyuṁ, na ca nesaṁ maccheramalaṁ cittaṁ pariyādāya tiṭṭheyya.\nYopi nesaṁ assa carimo ālopo carimaṁ kabaḷaṁ, tatopi na asaṁvibhajitvā bhuñjeyyuṁ, sace nesaṁ paṭiggāhakā assu.\nYasmā ca kho, bhikkhave, sattā na evaṁ jānanti dānasaṁvibhāgassa vipākaṁ yathāhaṁ jānāmi, tasmā adatvā bhuñjanti, maccheramalañca nesaṁ cittaṁ pariyādāya tiṭṭhatī”ti.\nEtamatthaṁ bhagavā avoca.\nTatthetaṁ iti vuccati:","en":"“Mendicants, if sentient beings only knew, as I do, the fruit of giving and sharing, they would not eat without first giving, and the stain of stinginess would not occupy their minds.\nThey would not eat without sharing even their last mouthful, their last morsel, so long as there was someone to receive it.\nIt is because sentient beings do not know, as I do, the fruit of giving and sharing, that they eat without first giving, and the stain of stinginess occupies their minds.”\nThe Buddha spoke this matter.\nOn this it is said:"}},{"id":"iti26:3","sourceIds":["iti26:3.1","iti26:3.2","iti26:3.3","iti26:3.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Evañce sattā jāneyyuṁ,\nyathāvuttaṁ mahesinā;\nVipākaṁ saṁvibhāgassa,\nyathā hoti mahapphalaṁ.","en":"“If sentient beings only knew\nhow great is the fruit\nof giving and sharing\nas taught by the great seer!"}},{"id":"iti26:4","sourceIds":["iti26:4.1","iti26:4.2","iti26:4.3","iti26:4.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Vineyya maccheramalaṁ,\nvippasannena cetasā;\nDajjuṁ kālena ariyesu,\nyattha dinnaṁ mahapphalaṁ.","en":"Rid of the stain of stinginess,\nwith clear and confident heart,\nthey would duly give to the noble ones,\nwhere a gift is very fruitful."}},{"id":"iti26:5","sourceIds":["iti26:5.1","iti26:5.2","iti26:5.3","iti26:5.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Annañca datvā bahuno,\ndakkhiṇeyyesu dakkhiṇaṁ;\nIto cutā manussattā,\nsaggaṁ gacchanti dāyakā.","en":"Having given food in abundance\nto those worthy of a religious donation,\nafter passing from the human realm,\nthe givers go to heaven."}},{"id":"iti26:6","sourceIds":["iti26:6.1","iti26:6.2","iti26:6.3","iti26:6.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Te ca saggagatā tattha,\nmodanti kāmakāmino;\nVipākaṁ saṁvibhāgassa,\nanubhonti amaccharā”ti.","en":"And when they have arrived there in heaven,\nthey enjoy all the pleasures they desire.\nThe generous enjoy the\nfruit of giving and sharing.”"}},{"id":"iti26:7","sourceIds":["iti26:7.1","iti26:7.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ayampi attho vutto bhagavatā, iti me sutanti.\nChaṭṭhaṁ.","en":"This too is a matter that was spoken by the Blessed One: that is what I heard."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/iti26/en/sujato","licence":"CC0 1.0","licenceUrl":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/","editionNote":"Full supplied source file; inherited abbreviations are preserved. Not a reconstructed expansion of every repetition. No Malay or Mandarin translation is implied."}