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Giving What? Kiṁdadasutta

ā€œGiving what do you give strength? ā€œKiṁdado balado hoti, Giving what do you give beauty? kiṁdado hoti vaṇṇado; Giving what do you give happiness? Kiṁdado sukhado hoti, Giving what do you give vision? kiṁdado hoti cakkhudo; And who is the giver of all? Ko ca sabbadado hoti, Please answer my question.ā€ taṁ me akkhāhi pucchitoā€ti.

ā€œGiving food you give strength. ā€œAnnado balado hoti, Giving clothes you give beauty. vatthado hoti vaṇṇado; Giving a vehicle you give happiness. Yānado 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 dadāti upassayaṁ; But a person who teaches the Dhamma Amataṁ dado ca so hoti, gives the gift of freedom from death.ā€ yo dhammamanusāsatÄ«ā€ti.