The Rewards of Giving
"These are the five rewards of generosity: One is dear and appealing to people
at large, one is admired by good people, one's good name is
spread about, one
does not stray from the rightful duties of the householder,
and with the
break-up of the body at death, one reappears in a good
destination, in the heavenly worlds."
— AN 5.35
[The Buddha:] "Then there is the case where a certain person refrains from
taking life, refrains from taking what is not given,
refrains from sensual
misconduct, refrains from false speech, refrains from
divisive speech, refrains
from abusive speech, refrains from idle chatter, is not
covetous, bears no ill
will, and has right views. And he gives food, drink, cloth,
vehicles, garlands,
scents, creams, bed, lodging, & lamps to brahmans &
contemplatives. With the
break-up of the body, after death, he reappears in the
company of human beings.
There he experiences the five strings of human sensuality
[delightful sights,
sounds, smells, tastes, tactile sensations]. It's because
he refrained from
taking what is not given, refrained from sensual
misconduct, refrained from
false speech, refrained from divisive speech, refrained
from abusive speech,
refrained from idle chatter, was not covetous, bore no ill
will, and had right
views that he reappears in the company of human beings. And
it's because he gave
food, drink, cloth, vehicles, garlands, scents, creams,
bed, lodging, & lamps to
brahmans & contemplatives that he experiences the five
strings of human
sensuality.
[Similarly for the case of rebirth in the company of devas] "...It's because he
refrained from taking what is not given... and had right
views that he reappears
in the company of devas. And it's because he gave food,
drink, cloth, vehicles,
garlands, scents, creams, bed, lodging, & lamps to brahmans
& contemplatives
that he experiences the five strings of divine sensuality.
But at any rate,
brahman, the donor does not go without reward."
[The brahman Janussonin:] "It's amazing, Master Gotama, it's astounding, how
it's enough to make one want to give a gift, enough to make
one want to make an
offering, where the donor does not go without reward."
"That's the way it is, brahman. That's the way it is. The donor does not go
without reward."
— AN 10.177
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