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Show IAST transliterationඅඞ්ගුත්තර නිකාය 2
Numbered Discourses 2.141–150
13. දානවග්ග
The Chapter on Giving
141
“ද්වේමානි, භික්ඛවේ, දානානි. කතමානි ද්වේ? ආමිසදානඤ්ච ධම්මදානඤ්ච. ඉමානි ඛෝ, භික්ඛවේ, ද්වේ දානානි. ඒතදග්ගං, භික්ඛවේ, ඉමේසං ද්වින්නං දානානං යදිදං ධම්මදානන්”ති.
“There are these two gifts. What two? A gift of things of the flesh and a gift of the teaching. These are the two gifts. The better of these two gifts is the gift of the teaching.”
142
142
“ද්වේමේ, භික්ඛවේ, යාගා. කතමේ ද්වේ? ආමිසයාගෝ ච ධම්මයාගෝ ච. ඉමේ ඛෝ, භික්ඛවේ, ද්වේ යාගා. ඒතදග්ගං, භික්ඛවේ, ඉමේසං ද්වින්නං යාගානං යදිදං ධම්මයාගෝ”ති.
“There are these two offerings. What two? An offering of things of the flesh and an offering of the teaching. These are the two offerings. The better of these two offerings is an offering of the teaching.”
143
143
“ද්වේමේ, භික්ඛවේ, චාගා. කතමේ ද්වේ? ආමිසචාගෝ ච ධම්මචාගෝ ච. ඉමේ ඛෝ, භික්ඛවේ, ද්වේ චාගා. ඒතදග්ගං, භික්ඛවේ, ඉමේසං ද්වින්නං චාගානං යදිදං ධම්මචාගෝ”ති.
“There are these two acts of generosity. What two? Generosity with things of the flesh and generosity with the teaching. These are the two acts of generosity. The better of these two acts of generosity is generosity with the teaching.”
144
144
“ද්වේමේ, භික්ඛවේ, පරිච්චාගා. කතමේ ද්වේ? ආමිසපරිච්චාගෝ ච ධම්මපරිච්චාගෝ ච. ඉමේ ඛෝ, භික්ඛවේ, ද්වේ පරිච්චාගා. ඒතදග්ගං, භික්ඛවේ, ඉමේසං ද්වින්නං පරිච්චාගානං යදිදං ධම්මපරිච්චාගෝ”ති.
“There are these two kinds of charity. What two? Charity in things of the flesh and charity in the teaching. These are the two kinds of charity. The better of these two kinds of charity is a charity in the teaching.”
145
145
“ද්වේමේ, භික්ඛවේ, භෝගා. කතමේ ද්වේ? ආමිසභෝගෝ ච ධම්මභෝගෝ ච. ඉමේ ඛෝ, භික්ඛවේ, ද්වේ භෝගා. ඒතදග්ගං, භික්ඛවේ, ඉමේසං ද්වින්නං භෝගානං යදිදං ධම්මභෝගෝ”ති.
“There are these two riches. What two? Riches in things of the flesh and riches in the teaching. These are the two riches. The better of these two riches is riches in the teaching.”
146
146
“ද්වේමේ, භික්ඛවේ, සම්භෝගා. කතමේ ද්වේ? ආමිසසම්භෝගෝ ච ධම්මසම්භෝගෝ ච. ඉමේ ඛෝ, භික්ඛවේ, ද්වේ සම්භෝගා. ඒතදග්ගං, භික්ඛවේ, ඉමේසං ද්වින්නං සම්භෝගානං යදිදං ධම්මසම්භෝගෝ”ති.
“There are these two kinds of enjoyment. What two? Enjoyment of things of the flesh and enjoyment of the teaching. These are the two kinds of enjoyment. The better of these two kinds of enjoyment is the enjoyment of the teaching.”
147
147
“ද්වේමේ, භික්ඛවේ, සංවිභාගා. කතමේ ද්වේ? ආමිසසංවිභාගෝ ච ධම්මසංවිභාගෝ ච. ඉමේ ඛෝ, භික්ඛවේ, ද්වේ සංවිභාගා. ඒතදග්ගං, භික්ඛවේ, ඉමේසං ද්වින්නං සංවිභාගානං යදිදං ධම්මසංවිභාගෝ”ති.
“There are these two kinds of sharing. What two? Sharing things of the flesh and sharing the teaching. These are the two kinds of sharing. The better of these two kinds of sharing is sharing the teaching.”
148
148
“ද්වේමේ, භික්ඛවේ, සඞ්ගහා. කතමේ ද්වේ? ආමිසසඞ්ගහෝ ච ධම්මසඞ්ගහෝ ච. ඉමේ ඛෝ, භික්ඛවේ, ද්වේ සඞ්ගහා. ඒතදග්ගං, භික්ඛවේ, ඉමේසං ද්වින්නං සඞ්ගහානං යදිදං ධම්මසඞ්ගහෝ”ති.
“There are these two kinds of inclusion. What two? Inclusion in things of the flesh and inclusion in the teaching. These are the two kinds of inclusion. The better of these two kinds of inclusion is inclusion in the teaching.”
149
149
“ද්වේමේ, භික්ඛවේ, අනුග්ගහා. කතමේ ද්වේ? ආමිසානුග්ගහෝ ච ධම්මානුග්ගහෝ ච. ඉමේ ඛෝ, භික්ඛවේ, ද්වේ අනුග්ගහා. ඒතදග්ගං, භික්ඛවේ, ඉමේසං ද්වින්නං අනුග්ගහානං යදිදං ධම්මානුග්ගහෝ”ති.
“There are these two kinds of support. What two? Support in things of the flesh and support in the teaching. These are the two kinds of support. The better of these two kinds of support is support in the teaching.”
150
150
“ද්වේමා, භික්ඛවේ, අනුකම්පා. කතමා ද්වේ? ආමිසානුකම්පා ච ධම්මානුකම්පා ච. ඉමා ඛෝ, භික්ඛවේ, ද්වේ අනුකම්පා. ඒතදග්ගං, භික්ඛවේ, ඉමාසං ද්වින්නං අනුකම්පානං යදිදං ධම්මානුකම්පා”ති.
“There are these two kinds of sympathy. What two? Sympathy in things of the flesh and sympathy in the teaching. These are the two kinds of sympathy. The better of these two kinds of sympathy is sympathy in the teaching.”
දානවග්ගෝ තතියෝ.
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