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### Samyutta Nikaya I.42

# Kindada Sutta

# A Giver of What

Translated from the Pali by Thanissaro Bhikkhu.
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[A deva:]

> A giver of what is a giver of strength?
> A giver of what, a giver of beauty?
> A giver of what, a giver of ease?
> A giver of what, a giver of vision?
> And who is a giver of everything?
> Being asked, please explain this to me.

[The Buddha:]

> A giver of food is a giver of strength.
> A giver of clothes, a giver of beauty.
> A giver of a vehicle, a giver of ease.
> A giver of a lamp, a giver of vision.
> And the one who gives a residence,
> is the one who is a giver of everything.
> But the one who teaches the Dhamma
> is a giver of
> the Deathless.

Revised: Wed 16 May 2001