AN 4.78 A Religious Donation

Reference Translation by Bhikkhu Sujato (CC0).

“Mendicants, there are these four ways of purifying a religious donation.

What four?

There’s a religious donation that’s purified by the giver, not the recipient.

There’s a religious donation that’s purified by the recipient, not the giver.

There’s a religious donation that’s purified by neither the giver nor the recipient.

There’s a religious donation that’s purified by both the giver and the recipient.

And how is a religious donation purified by the giver, not the recipient?

It’s when the giver is ethical, of good character, but the recipient is unethical, of bad character.

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And how is a religious donation purified by the recipient, not the giver?

It’s when the giver is unethical, of bad character, but the recipient is ethical, of good character.

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And how is a religious donation purified by neither the giver nor the recipient?

It’s when both the giver and the recipient are unethical, of bad character.

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And how is a religious donation purified by both the giver and the recipient?

It’s when both the giver and the recipient are ethical, of good character.

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These are the four ways of purifying a religious donation.”

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“Catasso imā, bhikkhave, dakkhiṇā visuddhiyo.

Katamā catasso?

Atthi, bhikkhave, dakkhiṇā dāyakato visujjhati, no paṭiggāhakato;

atthi, bhikkhave, dakkhiṇā paṭiggāhakato visujjhati, no dāyakato;

atthi, bhikkhave, dakkhiṇā neva dāyakato visujjhati, no paṭiggāhakato;

atthi, bhikkhave, dakkhiṇā dāyakato ceva visujjhati paṭiggāhakato ca.

Kathañca, bhikkhave, dakkhiṇā dāyakato visujjhati, no paṭiggāhakato?

Idha, bhikkhave, dāyako hoti sīlavā kalyāṇadhammo; paṭiggāhakā honti dussīlā pāpadhammā.

Evaṁ kho, bhikkhave, dakkhiṇā dāyakato visujjhati, no paṭiggāhakato.

Kathañca, bhikkhave, dakkhiṇā paṭiggāhakato visujjhati, no dāyakato?

Idha, bhikkhave, dāyako hoti dussīlo pāpadhammo; paṭiggāhakā honti sīlavanto kalyāṇadhammā.

Evaṁ kho, bhikkhave, dakkhiṇā paṭiggāhakato visujjhati, no dāyakato.

Kathañca, bhikkhave, dakkhiṇā neva dāyakato visujjhati, no paṭiggāhakato?

Idha, bhikkhave, dāyako hoti dussīlo pāpadhammo; paṭiggāhakāpi honti dussīlā pāpadhammā.

Evaṁ kho, bhikkhave, dakkhiṇā neva dāyakato visujjhati, no paṭiggāhakato.

Kathañca, bhikkhave, dakkhiṇā dāyakato ceva visujjhati paṭiggāhakato ca?

Idha, bhikkhave, dāyako hoti sīlavā kalyāṇadhammo; paṭiggāhakāpi honti sīlavanto kalyāṇadhammā.

Evaṁ kho, bhikkhave, dakkhiṇā dāyakato ceva visujjhati paṭiggāhakato ca.

Imā kho, bhikkhave, catasso dakkhiṇā visuddhiyo”ti.

Aṭṭhamaṁ.