an.5.35 Aṅguttara Nikāya (Numbered Discourses)

The Benefits of Giving

“Bhikkhus, there are these five benefits of giving. What five? (1) One is dear and agreeable to many people. (2) Good persons resort to one. (3) One acquires a good reputation. (4) One is not deficient in the layperson’s duties. (5) With the breakup of the body, after death, one is reborn in a good destination, in a heavenly world. These are the five benefits in giving.”

By giving, one becomes dear,
one follows the duty of the good;
the good self-controlled monks
always resort to one.

They teach one the Dhamma
that dispels all suffering,
having understood which
the taintless one here attains nibbāna.

- Translator: Bhikkhu Bodhi

- Editor: Blake Walsh

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The Benefits of Giving

“Mendicants, there are five benefits of giving.
What five?
A giver, a donor is dear and beloved by many people.
Good people associate with them.
They get a good reputation.
They don’t neglect a layperson’s duties.
When their body breaks up, after death, they’re reborn in a good place, a heavenly realm.
These are the five benefits of giving.
Giving, one is loved,
and follows the way of the good.
The good, disciplined spiritual practitioners
associate with you.
They teach you the Dhamma
that dispels all suffering.
Having understood this teaching,
the undefiled become fully extinguished.”