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Giving as the first training of the path: it loosens holding on, connects one with others and prepares the mind for letting go. In the Buddha's graduated talks dāna comes before ethics and meditation.
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Passages where dāna occurs literally — in the original, and, where a German translation of the same lines exists, in German.
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Tipiṭaka · So It Was Said 26 Primary passage
die Frucht des Gebens und Teilens.“ Auch das ist eine Sache, die vom Gesegneten gesprochen wurde: Das habe ich gehört.
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fruit of giving and sharing.” This too is a matter that was spoken by the Blessed One: that is what I heard.
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Kangyur · The Tantra on the Origin of All Rites of Tārā, Mother of All the Tathāgatas · English
“namaḥ kanaka-nīlābja-pāṇi-padma-vibhūṣite dāna-vīrya-tapaḥ-śānti-titikṣā-dhyāna-gocare.
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Tipiṭaka · jaa3 · Pāli
Tattha ubho nāradapabbatā ti imepi dve devanikāyā attano vimānadvāre ṭhitāva ‘‘sudinnaṃ te dāna’’nti anumodanti. Tāvatiṃsā saindakā ti indajeṭṭhakā tāvatiṃsāpi devā te dānaṃ anumodantīti. Evaṃ mahāsattena attano dāne vaṇṇite tamevatthaṃ parivattetvā ‘‘mahārāja vessantara, sudinnaṃ nāma te dāna’’nti maddīpi tatheva dānaṃ vaṇṇayitvā anumodamānā nisīdi. Tena satthā ‘‘iti maddī varārohā’’ti gāthamāha. Maddīpabbavaṇṇanā niṭṭhitā. Sakkapabbavaṇṇanā
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Dharmaśāstra · Kātyāyanasmṛti · Sanskrit
dhana-dāna-asahaṃ buddhvā svādhīnaṃ karma kārayet / aśaktau bandhanāgāraṃ praveśyo brāhmaṇād ṛte //
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Tipiṭaka · kvt · Pāli
Itarenā ti ‘‘diyyatīti dāna’’nti iminā pariyāyena. Na pana ekenatthenā ti ‘‘deyyadhammova dāna’’nti imaṃ sakavādīvādaṃ nivattetuṃ ‘‘saddhā hiriya’’ntiādikaṃ suttasādhanaṃ paravādīvāde yujjati, ‘‘idhekacco annaṃ detī’’tiādikañca, ‘‘cetasikova dhammo dāna’’nti imaṃ nivattetuṃ ‘‘cetasiko dhammo dāna’’nti imaṃ pana sādhetuṃ ‘‘saddhā hiriya’’ntiādikaṃ sakavādīvāde yujjati, ‘‘idhekacco annaṃ detī’’tiādikaṃ vā ‘‘deyyadhammo dāna’’nti sādhetunti evaṃ nivattanasādhanatthanānattaṃ sandhāya ‘‘na pana ekenatthenā’’ti vuttanti daṭṭhabbaṃ. Tattha yathā paravādīvāde ca suttasādhanatthaṃ ‘‘na vattabbaṃ cetasiko dhammo dāna’’nti pucchāyaṃ cetasikovāti attho daṭṭhabbo, tathā ‘‘na vattabbaṃ deyyadhammo …
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