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Giving What? Kiį¹dadasutta
āGiving what do you give strength? āKiį¹dado balado hoti, Giving what do you give beauty? kiį¹dado hoti vaį¹į¹ado; Giving what do you give happiness? Kiį¹dado sukhado hoti, Giving what do you give vision? kiį¹dado hoti cakkhudo; And who is the giver of all? Ko ca sabbadado hoti, Please answer my question.ā taį¹ me akkhÄhi pucchitoāti.
āGiving food you give strength. āAnnado balado hoti, Giving clothes you give beauty. vatthado hoti vaį¹į¹ado; Giving a vehicle you give happiness. YÄnado sukhado hoti, Giving a lamp you give vision. dÄ«pado hoti cakkhudo.
And the giver of all So ca sabbadado hoti, is the one who gives monastic quarters. yo dadÄti upassayaį¹; But a person who teaches the Dhamma Amataį¹ dado ca so hoti, gives the gift of freedom from death.ā yo dhammamanusÄsatÄ«āti.