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Dānānisaṁsasutta

The Benefits of Giving

“Pañcime, bhikkhave, dāne ānisaṁsā.
“Mendicants, there are five benefits of giving.

Katame pañca?
What five?

Bahuno janassa piyo hoti manāpo;
A giver, a donor is dear and beloved by many people.

santo sappurisā bhajanti;
True persons associate with them.

kalyāṇo kittisaddo abbhuggacchati;
They get a good reputation.

gihidhammā anapagato hoti;
They don’t neglect a layperson’s duties.

kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā sugatiṁ saggaṁ lokaṁ upapajjati.
When their body breaks up, after death, they’re reborn in a good place, a heavenly realm.

Ime kho, bhikkhave, pañca dāne ānisaṁsāti.
These are the five benefits of giving.

Dadamāno piyo hoti,
Giving, one is loved,

sataṁ dhammaṁ anukkamaṁ;
and follows the way of the good.

Santo naṁ sadā bhajanti,
The good, disciplined spiritual practitioners

saññatā brahmacārayo.
associate with you.

Te tassa dhammaṁ desenti,
They teach you the Dhamma

Sabbadukkhāpanūdanaṁ;
that dispels all suffering.

Yaṁ so dhammaṁ idhaññāya,
Having understood this teaching,

Parinibbāti anāsavo”ti.
the undefiled become fully extinguished.”

Pañcamaṁ.