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The Book of the Fives
The Book of the Fives

147(7)A Bad Person

Author: Bhikkhu Bodhi @ IAPT

147(7)A Bad Person

"Bhikkhus,there are these five gifts of a bad person.
What five?
He gives casually;he gives without reverence;he does not give with his own hand;he gives what would be discarded;he gives without a view about the returns of giving. Anagamanaditthiko deti.Mp:"One gives without having brought forth the view of arrival thus:'The fruit of what has been done will arrive."Presumably the view of kamma and its result is intended.
These are the five gifts of a bad person.[172]
"Bhikkhus,there are these five gifts of a good person.
What five?
He gives respectfully;he gives with reverence;he gives with his own hand;he gives what would not be discarded;he gives with a view about the returns of giving. Agamanaditthiko.Mp:"He gives with faith in kamma and its result."
These are the five gifts of a good person."