New Publication: The Seer Vyāsa’s Questions

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Toh 93

དྲང་སྲོང་རྒྱས་པས་ཞུས་པ།
The Seer Vyāsa’s Questions
《仙人廣博所問經》(大正藏:《大寶積經廣博仙人會 第四十九》)
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In The Seer Vyāsa’s Questions, a great seer named Vyāsa, a non-Buddhist mendicant, approaches the Buddha with a large group of followers to inquire about the karmic results of giving. Some of the key points taught in this sūtra are such karmic results and the distinction between pure and impure giving. A final long passage describes the life in the god realms that is experienced as the fruit of particular acts of giving, and it explains the signs received by gods of their own impending death and subsequent human birth.

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The cultivation of generosity, or dāna—giving voluntarily with a view that something wholesome will come of it—is considered to be a fundamental Buddhist practice by all schools. The nature and quantity of the gift itself is often considered less important.