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Anguttara Nikaya V.148

Sappurisadana Sutta

A Person of Integrity's Gifts

Translated from the Pali by Thanissaro Bhikkhu.
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"These five are a person of integrity's gifts. Which five? A person of integrity gives a gift with a sense of conviction. A person of integrity gives a gift attentively. A person of integrity gives a gift in season. A person of integrity gives a gift with an empathetic heart. A person of integrity gives a gift without adversely affecting himself or others.

"Having given a gift with a sense of conviction, he -- wherever the result of that gift ripens -- is rich, with much wealth, with many possessions. And he is well-built, handsome, extremely inspiring, endowed with a lotus-like complexion.

"Having given a gift attentively, he -- wherever the result of that gift ripens -- is rich, with much wealth, with many possessions. And his children, wives, slaves, servants, and workers listen carefully to him, lend him their ears, and serve him with understanding hearts.

"Having given a gift in season, he -- wherever the result of that gift ripens -- is rich, with much wealth, with many possessions. And his goals are fulfilled in season.

"Having given a gift with an empathetic heart, he -- wherever the result of that gift ripens -- is rich, with much wealth, with many possessions. And his mind inclines to the enjoyment of the five strings of lavish sensuality.

"Having given a gift without adversely affecting himself or others, he -- wherever the result of that gift ripens -- is rich, with much wealth, with many possessions. And not from anywhere does destruction come to his property -- whether from fire, from water, from kings, from thieves, or from hateful heirs.

"These five are a person of integrity's gifts."


See also: SN III.19; SN III.20; AN V.34; AN V.36; AN V.41; AN VII.49.
Revised: Saturday 2005.01.29
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