{"id":"an5.148","title":"Gifts of a True Person","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"an5.148","title":"Gifts of a True Person","units":[{"id":"an5.148:0","sourceIds":["an5.148:0.1","an5.148:0.2","an5.148:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Aṅguttara Nikāya 5.148\n15. Tikaṇḍakīvagga\nSappurisadānasutta","en":"Numbered Discourses 5.148\n15. At Tikaṇḍakī\nGifts of a True Person"}},{"id":"an5.148:1","sourceIds":["an5.148:1.1","an5.148:1.2","an5.148:1.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Pañcimāni, bhikkhave, sappurisadānāni.\nKatamāni pañca?\nSaddhāya dānaṁ deti, sakkaccaṁ dānaṁ deti, kālena dānaṁ deti, anuggahitacitto dānaṁ deti, attānañca parañca anupahacca dānaṁ deti.","en":"“There are these five gifts of a true person.\nWhat five?\nThey give a gift out of faith. They give a gift carefully. They give a gift at the right time. They give a gift with no strings attached. They give a gift without damaging themselves or others."}},{"id":"an5.148:2","sourceIds":["an5.148:2.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saddhāya kho pana, bhikkhave, dānaṁ datvā yattha yattha tassa dānassa vipāko nibbattati, aḍḍho ca hoti mahaddhano mahābhogo, abhirūpo ca hoti dassanīyo pāsādiko paramāya vaṇṇapokkharatāya samannāgato.","en":"Having given a gift out of faith, in whatever place the result of that gift manifests they become rich, affluent, and wealthy. And they’re attractive, good-looking, lovely, of surpassing beauty."}},{"id":"an5.148:3","sourceIds":["an5.148:3.1","an5.148:3.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sakkaccaṁ kho pana, bhikkhave, dānaṁ datvā yattha yattha tassa dānassa vipāko nibbattati, aḍḍho ca hoti mahaddhano mahābhogo.\nYepissa te honti puttāti vā dārāti vā dāsāti vā pessāti vā kammakarāti vā, tepi sussūsanti sotaṁ odahanti aññā cittaṁ upaṭṭhapenti.","en":"Having given a gift carefully, in whatever place the result of that gift manifests they become rich, affluent, and wealthy.\nAnd their children, wives, bondservants, servants, and workers want to listen. They actively listen and try to understand."}},{"id":"an5.148:4","sourceIds":["an5.148:4.1","an5.148:4.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Kālena kho pana, bhikkhave, dānaṁ datvā yattha yattha tassa dānassa vipāko nibbattati, aḍḍho ca hoti mahaddhano mahābhogo;\nkālāgatā cassa atthā pacurā honti.","en":"Having given a gift at the right time, in whatever place the result of that gift manifests they become rich, affluent, and wealthy.\nAnd when the time is right, their needs are amply satisfied."}},{"id":"an5.148:5","sourceIds":["an5.148:5.1","an5.148:5.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Anuggahitacitto kho pana, bhikkhave, dānaṁ datvā yattha yattha tassa dānassa vipāko nibbattati, aḍḍho ca hoti mahaddhano mahābhogo;\nuḷāresu ca pañcasu kāmaguṇesu bhogāya cittaṁ namati.","en":"Having given a gift with no strings attached, in whatever place the result of that gift manifests they become rich, affluent, and wealthy.\nAnd their mind tends to enjoy the five refined kinds of sensual stimulation."}},{"id":"an5.148:6","sourceIds":["an5.148:6.1","an5.148:6.2","an5.148:6.3","an5.148:6.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Attānañca parañca anupahacca kho pana, bhikkhave, dānaṁ datvā yattha yattha tassa dānassa vipāko nibbattati, aḍḍho ca hoti mahaddhano mahābhogo;\nna cassa kutoci bhogānaṁ upaghāto āgacchati aggito vā udakato vā rājato vā corato vā appiyato vā dāyādato.\nImāni kho, bhikkhave, pañca sappurisadānānī”ti.\nAṭṭhamaṁ.","en":"Having given a gift without damaging themselves or others, in whatever place the result of that gift manifests they become rich, affluent, and wealthy.\nAnd no damage comes to their property from anywhere, whether fire, flood, rulers, bandits, or unloved heirs.\nThese are the five gifts of a true person.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/an5.148/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."}