36(6)Timely
"Bhikkhus,there are these five timely gifts.
What five?
(1)One gives a gift to a visitor.
(2)One gives a gift to one setting outon a journey.
(3)One gives a gift to a patient.
(4)One gives a gift during a famine.
(5)One first presents the newly harvested crops and fruits to the virtuous ones.
These are the five timely gifts."
At the proper time,those wise,charitable,and generous folk
give a timely gift to the noble ones,who are stable and upright;
given with a clear mind,one's offering is vast.
Those who rejoice in such deeds or who provide [other]service
do not miss out on the offering;they too partake of the merit.
Therefore,with a non-regressing mind,
one should give a gift where it yields great fruit.
Merits are the support of living beings[when they arise]in the other world.[42]