{"id":"iti98","title":"Giving","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"iti98","title":"Giving","units":[{"id":"iti98:0","sourceIds":["iti98:0.1","iti98:0.2","iti98:0.3","iti98:0.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Itivuttaka 98\nTikanipāta\nPañcamavagga\nDānasutta","en":"So It Was Said 98\nThe Book of the Threes\nChapter Five\nGiving"}},{"id":"iti98:1","sourceIds":["iti98:1.1"],"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":"iti98:2","sourceIds":["iti98:2.1","iti98:2.2","iti98:2.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Dvemāni, bhikkhave, dānāni—\nāmisadānañca dhammadānañca.\nEtadaggaṁ, bhikkhave, imesaṁ dvinnaṁ dānānaṁ yadidaṁ dhammadānaṁ.","en":"“There are, mendicants, these two gifts.\nA gift of things of the flesh and a gift of the teaching.\nThe better of these two gifts is the gift of the teaching."}},{"id":"iti98:3","sourceIds":["iti98:3.1","iti98:3.2","iti98:3.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Dveme, bhikkhave, saṁvibhāgā—\nāmisasaṁvibhāgo ca dhammasaṁvibhāgo ca.\nEtadaggaṁ, bhikkhave, imesaṁ dvinnaṁ saṁvibhāgānaṁ yadidaṁ dhammasaṁvibhāgo.","en":"There are these two kinds of sharing.\nSharing things of the flesh and sharing the teaching.\nThe better of these two kinds of sharing is sharing the teaching."}},{"id":"iti98:4","sourceIds":["iti98:4.1","iti98:4.2","iti98:4.3","iti98:4.4","iti98:4.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Dveme, bhikkhave, anuggahā—\nāmisānuggaho ca dhammānuggaho ca.\nEtadaggaṁ, bhikkhave, imesaṁ dvinnaṁ anuggahānaṁ yadidaṁ dhammānuggaho”ti.\nEtamatthaṁ bhagavā avoca.\nTatthetaṁ iti vuccati:","en":"There are these two kinds of support.\nSupport in things of the flesh and support in the teaching.\nThe better of these two kinds of support is support in the teaching.”\nThe Buddha spoke this matter.\nOn this it is said:"}},{"id":"iti98:5","sourceIds":["iti98:5.1","iti98:5.2","iti98:5.3","iti98:5.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Yamāhu dānaṁ paramaṁ anuttaraṁ,\nYaṁ saṁvibhāgaṁ bhagavā avaṇṇayi;\nAggamhi khettamhi pasannacitto,\nViññū pajānaṁ ko na yajetha kāle.","en":"“It is said to be the supreme, ultimate gift,\nand the sharing praised by the Buddha;\nwhat wise and sensible person, confident in the best of fields,\nwould not sow a such timely gift?"}},{"id":"iti98:6","sourceIds":["iti98:6.1","iti98:6.2","iti98:6.3","iti98:6.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ye ceva bhāsanti suṇanti cūbhayaṁ,\nPasannacittā sugatassa sāsane;\nTesaṁ so attho paramo visujjhati,\nYe appamattā sugatassa sāsane”ti.","en":"For those who are diligent in the dispensation of the Holy One,\nboth those who speak and those who listen,\nconfident in the dispensation of the Holy One,\nsuch a gift purifies the highest goal.”"}},{"id":"iti98:7","sourceIds":["iti98:7.1","iti98:7.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ayampi attho vutto bhagavatā, iti me sutanti.\nNavamaṁ.","en":"This too is a matter that was spoken by the Blessed One: that is what I heard."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/iti98/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."}