iti26:0.1So It Was Said 26
iti26:0.2The Book of the Ones
iti26:0.3Chapter Three
iti26:0.4Giving
iti26:1.1This was said by the Buddha, the Perfected One: that is what I heard.
iti26:2.1“Mendicants, if sentient beings only knew, as I do, the fruit of giving and sharing, they would not eat without first giving, and the stain of stinginess would not occupy their minds.
iti26:2.2They would not eat without sharing even their last mouthful, their last morsel, so long as there was someone to receive it.
iti26:2.3It is because sentient beings do not know, as I do, the fruit of giving and sharing, that they eat without first giving, and the stain of stinginess occupies their minds.”
iti26:2.4The Buddha spoke this matter.
iti26:2.5On this it is said:
iti26:3.1“If sentient beings only knew
iti26:3.2how great is the fruit
iti26:3.3of giving and sharing
iti26:3.4as taught by the great seer!
iti26:4.1Rid of the stain of stinginess,
iti26:4.2with clear and confident heart,
iti26:4.3they would duly give to the noble ones,
iti26:4.4where a gift is very fruitful.
iti26:5.1Having given food in abundance
iti26:5.2to those worthy of a religious donation,
iti26:5.3after passing from the human realm,
iti26:5.4the givers go to heaven.
iti26:6.1And when they have arrived there in heaven,
iti26:6.2they enjoy all the pleasures they desire.
iti26:6.3The generous enjoy the
iti26:6.4fruit of giving and sharing.”
iti26:7.1This too is a matter that was spoken by the Blessed One: that is what I heard.