EPISODE · Jun 30, 2022 · 22 MIN

TIMELY GIVING

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Welcome back to the Sutta Meditation Series Podcast. In this Dhamma session, we take a closer look at the Kāladāna Sutta (AN 5.36) and the Buddha's teaching on giving timely gifts and how the merit-making can be vast.  The five timely gifts are: one gives to a visitor one gives to one setting out on a journey one gives to a patient (or sick person) one gives during a famine one first presents the newly harvested crops and fruits to the virtuous ones We also cross-reference some additional teachings from the Buddha on gifts  of a good person, remind ourselves of the importance of letting go of stinginess, some advice on how to refine giving, as well as look into why giving to noble ones makes a gift fruitful, and who is considered the most worthy of offerings and gifts.   Other suttas that are mentioned directly or indirectly in this talk:  — Sappurisadāna Sutta (AN 5.148)   — Sappurisadāna Sutta (AN 8.37)   — Dāna Sutta (Iti 26)   — Āhuneyya Sutta (AN 9.10)   — Velāma Sutta (AN 9.20) The video of this talk has been published to the Sutta Meditation YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksu52jyTKZg Blessings of the Triple Gem. Theruwan saranai

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Welcome back to the Sutta Meditation Series Podcast. In this Dhamma session, we take a closer look at the Kāladāna Sutta (AN 5.36) and the Buddha's teaching on giving timely gifts and how the merit-making can be vast. The five timely gifts are: one gives to a visitor one gives to one setting out on a journey one gives to a patient (or sick person) one gives during a famine one first presents the newly harvested crops and fruits to the virtuous ones We also cross-reference some additional teachings from the Buddha on gifts of a good person, remind ourselves of the importance of letting go of stinginess, some advice on how to refine giving, as well as look into why giving to noble ones makes a gift fruitful, and who is considered the most worthy of offerings and gifts. Other suttas that are mentioned directly or indirectly in this talk: — Sappurisadāna Sutta (AN 5.148) — Sappurisadāna Sutta (AN 8.37) — Dāna Sutta (Iti 26) — Āhuneyya Sutta (AN 9.10) — Velāma Sutta (AN 9.20) The video of this talk has been published to the Sutta Meditation YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksu52jyTKZg Blessings of the Triple Gem. Theruwan saranai

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