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### Anguttara Nikaya V.36

# Kaladana Sutta

# Seasonable Gifts

Translated from the Pali by Thanissaro Bhikkhu.
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"There are these five seasonable gifts. Which five? One gives to a newcomer. One gives to one going away. One gives to one who is ill. One gives in time of famine. One sets the first fruits of field & orchard in front of those who are virtuous. These are the five seasonable gifts."

> In the proper season they give --
> those with discernment,
> responsive, free from stinginess.
> Having been given in proper season,
> with hearts inspired by the Noble Ones
> -- straightened, Such --
> their offering bears an abundance.
> Those who rejoice in that gift
> or give assistance,
> they, too, have a share of the merit,
> and the offering isn't depleted by that.
> So, with an unhesitant mind,
> one should give where the gift bears great fruit.
> Merit is what establishes
> living beings in the next life.

Revised: Thu 17 May 2001