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अङ्गुत्तर निकाय ८।३३
Aṅguttara Nikāya 8.33
Numbered Discourses 8.33
४। दानवग्ग
4. Dānavagga
4. Giving
दानवत्थुसुत्त
Dānavatthusutta
Reasons to Give
“अट्ठिमानि, भिक्खवे, दानवत्थूनि। कतमानि अट्ठ? छन्दा दानं देति, दोसा दानं देति, मोहा दानं देति, भया दानं देति, ‘दिन्नपुब्बं कतपुब्बं पितुपितामहेहि, नारहामि पोराणं कुलवंसं हापेतुन्ऽति दानं देति, ‘इमाहं दानं दत्वा कायस्स भेदा परं मरणा सुगतिं सग्गं लोकं उपपज्जिस्सामीऽति दानं देति, ‘इमं मे दानं ददतो चित्तं पसीदति, अत्तमनता सोमनस्सं उपजायतीऽति दानं देति, चित्तालङ्कारचित्तपरिक्खारत्थं दानं देति। इमानि खो, भिक्खवे, अट्ठ दानवत्थूनी”ति।
“Aṭṭhimāni, bhikkhave, dānavatthūni. Katamāni aṭṭha? Chandā dānaṁ deti, dosā dānaṁ deti, mohā dānaṁ deti, bhayā dānaṁ deti, ‘dinnapubbaṁ katapubbaṁ pitupitāmahehi, nārahāmi porāṇaṁ kulavaṁsaṁ hāpetun’ti dānaṁ deti, ‘imāhaṁ dānaṁ datvā kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā sugatiṁ saggaṁ lokaṁ upapajjissāmī’ti dānaṁ deti, ‘imaṁ me dānaṁ dadato cittaṁ pasīdati, attamanatā somanassaṁ upajāyatī’ti dānaṁ deti, cittālaṅkāracittaparikkhāratthaṁ dānaṁ deti. Imāni kho, bhikkhave, aṭṭha dānavatthūnī”ti.
“Bhikkhus, there are these eight grounds for giving. What eight? A person might give a gift out of favoritism or hostility or stupidity or cowardice. Or they give thinking, ‘Giving was practiced by my father and my father’s father. It would not be right for me to abandon this family tradition.’ Or they give thinking, ‘After I’ve given this gift, when my body breaks up, after death, I’ll be reborn in a good place, a heavenly realm.’ Or they give thinking, ‘When giving this gift my mind becomes clear, and I become happy and joyful.’ Or they give a gift thinking, ‘This is an adornment and requisite for the mind.’ These are the eight grounds for giving.”
ततियं।
Tatiyaṁ.
The authoritative text of the Aṅguttara Nikāya is the Pāli text. The English translation is provided as an aid to the study of the original Pāli text. [CREDITS »]
