Give me "the goal" first ...ihrjordan wrote:This sutta sounds like giving will lead one to the goal...
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How should this be interpreted?
Enlightenment from giving
Re: Enlightenment from giving
Inspiration is based on the exchange of different linguistic expressions. But inspiration is best knowing how language relates to truth.
Re: Enlightenment from giving
There's a sutta in the Anguttara Nikaya saying that a stingy person can't attain the first jhana.Thanissaro Bhikkhu wrote:Translator's note: This discourse (AN7:49) discusses the motivations one might have for being generous, and rates in ascending order the results that different motivations can lead to. The Commentary notes that the highest motivation, untainted by lower motivations and leading to non-returning, requires a certain level of mastery in concentration and insight in order to be one's genuine motivation for giving. ~ Thanissaro Bhikkhu
With metta / dhammapal.
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