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consequence of kindly charity done elsewhere. Training ourselves in the eightfold path of recollection, 1510
'In every thought the heart is filled with joy, firm fixed in holy contemplation (samadhi), by meditation still we add to wisdom, able to see aright (the cause of) birth and death; 1511
Having beheld aright the cause of these, then follows in due order perfect deliverance. The charitable man discarding earthly wealth, nobly excludes the power of covetous desire; 1512
Loving and compassionate now, he gives with reverence and banishes all hatred, envy, anger. So plainly may we see the fruit of charity, putting away all covetous and unbelieving ways, 1513
The bands of sorrow all destroyed, this is the fruit of kindly charity. Know then! the charitable man has found the cause of final rescue; 1514
'Even as the man who plants the sapling, thereby secures the shade, the flowers, the fruit (of the tree full grown); the result of charity is even so, its reward is joy and the great Nirvana. 1515
*The charity which unstores a wealth leads to returns of well-stored fruit. Giving away our food we get more strength, giving away our clothes we get more beauty, 1516
* Founding religious rest-places 8 (pure abodes) we
1 The eight recollections (nim); doubtless these are the eight samapattis' (attainments or endowments), concerning which we may consult Childers' Pali Dict., sub'samâpatti.'
. That is, which does not store up wealth, but unstores it to give away. There seems to be here a tacit allusion to Sudatta's wealth, which he unstored and gave in charity by purchasing the garden of Geta.
* That is, Vihâras.
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| SR No. | 007676 |
| Book Title | Text of Confucianism Part 02 |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | James Legge |
| Publisher | Oxford |
| Publication Year | 1882 |
| Total Pages | 2405 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 43 MB |