These suttas were presented in October 2024
Majjhima Nikāya
- MN 68 From… Naḷakapānasutta: At Naḷakapāna, “Recollecting that laywoman’s faith, ethics, learning, generosity, and wisdom, she applies her mind to that end.”
- MN 140 From… Dhātuvibhaṅgasutta: The Analysis of the Elements—Generosity, “In their ignorance, they used to acquire attachments.”
Saṁyutta Nikāya
- SN 1.32 Maccharisutta: Stinginess, “That which the miser fears when he does not give Is the very danger that comes to the nongiver.”
- SN 1.33 Sādhusutta: Good, “It’s true that giving is praised in many ways but the path of the teaching is better than giving…”
- SN 1.42 Kiṁdadasutta: Giving What?, “Giving what does one give strength?”
- SN 2.23 Serīsutta: With Serī, “I gave gifts at the four gates to ascetics and brahmins, to paupers, vagrants, supplicants, and beggars.”
- SN 3.24 Issattha Sutta: Archery Skills, ““Where, lord, should a gift be given?””
- SN 11.12 Sakkanāmasutta: Sakka’s Names, “In a former life, when Sakka was a human being, he was first to give gifts.”
- SN 11.14 Daliddasutta: Poor, “Formerly, when this young deva was a human being, he was a poor man, a pauper, an indigent.”
- SN 16.3 Candūpamāsutta: Like the Moon, “Kassapa approaches families like the moon”
- SN 20.4 Okkhāsutta: Rice Pots, “Suppose one person was to give a gift of a hundred pots of rice in the morning…”
- SN 41.10 Gilānadassanasutta: Seeing the Sick, “We will share without reservation all the gifts available to give in our family with those who are ethical and of good character.”
Aṅguttara Nikāya
- AN 1.300: Recollection of Generosity, “One thing, mendicants, when developed and cultivated, leads solely to disillusionment…”
- AN 2.143: Two acts of generosity, “There are these two acts of generosity. What two?”
- AN 3.41 Sammukhībhāvasutta: Present, “When three things are present, a clansman endowed with faith generates much merit.”
- AN 3.52 Dutiyadvebrāhmaṇasutta: Two Brahmins (2), “Indeed, this world is burning with old age, illness, and death.”
- AN 3.57 Vacchagottasutta: Vaccha, “I say that one acquires merit even if one throws away dishwashing water…”
- AN 3.79 Gandhajātasutta: Fragrances, “Is there a kind of fragrance that spreads with the wind, and against it, and both ways?”
- AN 4.40 Udāyīsutta: Udāyī, “Does Master Gotama praise sacrifice?”
- AN 4.55 Paṭhamasamajīvīsutta: Equality (1st), “Householders, if wife and husband want to see each other in both this life and the next, they should be equals in faith, ethics, generosity, and wisdom.”
- AN 5.141 Avajānātisutta: Scorn, “These five people are found in the world.”
- AN 6.1 Paṭhamaāhuneyyasutta: Worthy of Offerings (1st), “A mendicant with six qualities is worthy of offerings dedicated to the gods…”
- AN 7.36 Mitta Sutta: A Friend, “A friend endowed with seven qualities is worth associating with.”
- AN 8.31 Paṭhamadānasutta: Giving (1), “Bhikkhus, there are these eight gifts.”
- AN 8.33 Dānavatthusutta: Reasons to Give, “There are these eight grounds for giving.”
- AN 8.35 Dānūpapattisutta: Rebirth on Account of Giving, “The heart’s wish of one who is virtuous succeeds because of his purity.”
- AN 8.37 Sappurisadānasutta: The Good Person’S Gifts, “There are these eight gifts of a good person”
Dhammapada
- Dhp 224 From Kodhavagga: Anger, “When asked, give even if you only have a little.”
Sutta Nipāta
- Snp 3.5 Māghasutta: With Māgha, “Sacrifice is the ground standing upon which the sacrificer sheds their flaws.”
Vimana Vatthu
- Vv 3.1 Uḷāra Sutta: Splendid Mansion, “I was a daughter-in-law in a very greedy family that did not have any faith in the Triple Gem.”
- Vv 4.6Vihāra Sutta: Monastery Mansion, “The sight of that monastery was pleasing to my eyes.”