Iti 98Giving
Pāli / Sanskrit:Dānasutta
Two kinds of gifts, sharing, and assistance: in material things and in Dhamma.
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– So It Was Said 98
The Book of the Threes Chapter Five Giving
This was said by the Buddha, the Perfected One: that is what I heard.
“There are, mendicants, these two gifts. A gift of things of the flesh and a gift of the teaching. The better of these two gifts is the gift of the teaching.
There are these two kinds of sharing. Sharing things of the flesh and sharing the teaching. The better of these two kinds of sharing is sharing the teaching.
There are these two kinds of support. Support in things of the flesh and support in the teaching. The better of these two kinds of support is support in the teaching.”
The Buddha spoke this matter. On this it is said:
This too is a matter that was spoken by the Blessed One: that is what I heard.
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