These suttas were presented in November 2022.
Dīgha Nikāya
- DN 23 From… Pāyāsisutta: With Pāyāsi, “Don’t we who seek merit expect some result from the offering?”
Majjhima Nikāya
- MN 135 From… Cūḷakammavibhaṅgasutta: The Shorter Analysis of Deeds—Giving, “Because of undertaking such deeds, after death they’re reborn in a good place.”
- MN 142 Dakkhiṇāvibhaṅgasutta: The Analysis of Religious Donations, “There are these four ways of purifying a religious donation.”
Saṁyutta Nikāya
- SN 1.41 Ādittasutta: Ablaze, “One should take out one’s wealth by giving”
- SN 1.49 Maccharisutta: Stingy, “If they come back to the human state they are born in a poor family”
- SN 42.9 Kula Sutta: Families, “Whatever families are rich… all have become so from giving, from truth, from restraint.”
Aṅguttara Nikāya
- AN 3.42 Tiṭhānasutta: Cases, “In three cases one may be understood to have faith”
- AN 4.61 Pattakammasutta: Worthy Deeds, “There are these four things that are wished for, desired, agreeable, and rarely gained in the world.”
- AN 4.57 Suppavāsāsutta: Suppavāsā, “When a noble disciple gives food, she gives the recipients four things.”
- AN 4.79 Vaṇijja Sutta: Trade, “What is the cause why a certain trade… turns out a failure?”
- AN 5.34 Sīha Sutta: To General Sīha (On Giving), “A fruit of giving visible in the here & now?”
- AN 5.47 From… Dhanasutta: Wealth, “And what is the wealth of generosity?”
- AN 5.147 Asappurisadānasutta: Gifts of a Bad Person, “There are these five gifts of a bad person”
- AN 6.25 From… Anussatiṭṭhānasutta: Topics for Recollection—Generosity, “Furthermore, a noble disciple recollects their own generosity…”
- AN 6.37 Dāna Sutta: Giving, “It’s not easy to take the measure of the merit of a donation thus endowed with six factors”
- AN 7.52 Dāna Sutta: Giving, “There is the case where a person gives a gift seeking his own profit, with a mind attached…”
- AN 8.25 Mahānāmasutta: Mahānāma, “In what way, Bhante, is one a lay follower?”
- AN 9.17 Kulasutta: Families, “Visiting a family with nine factors is not worthwhile”
- AN 10.91 Kāmabhogīsutta: Pleasure Seekers, “These ten pleasure seekers are found in the world.”
Khuddakapāṭha
- Khp 5 From… Mahā Maṅgala Sutta: Discourse on Blessings, “These are the highest blessings…”
Dhammapada
- Dhp 177 From… Loka Vagga: The World, “Truly, misers never go to heaven.”
- Dhp 354 From… Taṇhā Vagga: Craving, “The gift of Dhamma surpasses all gifts.”
Udāna
- Ud 3.7 Sakkudānasutta: Sakka’s Heartfelt Saying, “Oh the gift, the best gift is well established in Kassapa!”
Itivuttaka
- Iti 26 Dānasaṁvibhāga Sutta: Giving and Sharing, “If people knew as I know the results of giving and sharing…”
- Iti 75 Avuṭṭhikasutta: A Rainless Cloud, “And how is a person like a rainless cloud?”
- Iti 98 Dānasutta: Giving, “There are these two kinds of giving”
- Iti 107 Bahukārasutta: Very Helpful, “Householders and homeless alike, Each a support for the other…”
Vimana Vatthu
- Vv 5.8 Sūcī Sutta: Needle Mansion, “Tell me Devata, what kind of meritorious action did you do when you were in the human world?”
Peta Vatthu
- Pv 1.9 Mahāpesakāra Sutta: Master Weaver, “What has she done for her to have to always feed on blood and pus?”
Therīgāthā
- Thig 16.1 From… Sumedhātherīgāthā: Sumedhā, “We three friends gave the gift of a newly-built dwelling”