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Toh 183

སྦྱིན་པའི་ཕན་ཡོན་བསྟན་པ།
Teaching the Benefits of Generosity
《布施利益經》(大正藏:《佛說布施經》)
Dānānuśaṃsā­nirdeśa

This short discourse was taught to an audience of monks in Śrāvastī, in the Jetavana. The Buddha details thirty-seven ways in which the wise give gifts, how those gifts are properly given, and the positive results that ripen from giving such gifts. The Buddha makes clear that the result that ripens is similar to the gift that was given or the manner in which the gift was given.

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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.