Dāna Suttaɱ

Adapted from the 1995 edition of the digital version of the Sri Lanka Buddha Jayanti Tripitaka Series.

[1][pts][olds][bodh] Evaɱ me sutaɱ:|| ||

Ekaɱ samayaɱ Bhagavā Sāvatthiyaɱ viharati
Jetavane Anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme.|| ||

Tatra kho Bhagavā bhikkhū āmantesi:|| ||

'Bhikkhavo' ti.|| ||

'Bhadante' ti te bhikkhū Bhagavato paccassosuɱ.|| ||

Bhagavā etad avoca:|| ||

2. Aṭṭh'imāni bhikkhave dānāni.|| ||

Katamāni aṭṭha?|| ||

Āsajja dānaɱ deti.|| ||

Bhayā dānaɱ deti.|| ||

'Adāsi me' ti dānaɱ deti.|| ||

'Dassati me' ti dānaɱ deti.|| ||

'Sāhu dānan' ti dānaɱ deti.|| ||

'Ahaɱ pacāmi, ime na pacanti,||
na arahāmi pacanto apacantānaɱ dānaɱ adātun' ti dānaɱ deti.|| ||

'Imaɱ me dānaɱ dadato kalyāṇo kitti-saddo abbhuggacchatī' ti dānaɱ deti.|| ||

Cittā-laŋkāra-citta-parikkhā-ratthaɱ, dānaɱ deti.|| ||

Imāni kho bhikkhave aṭṭha dānānī ti.|| ||