Shikshasamuccaya 115

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punar atra + eva + āha | ātmānaṃ ca sarva-satvānāṃ niryātayann upasthānaṃ vā sarva-buddhānām upādadāno rājyaṃ vā parityajan paṭa-bhedakaṃ vā nagara-rāja-dhānīṃ sarva-alaṃ-kāra-bhūṣitāṃ yathā-arhaṃ vā yācanakeṣu sarva-parivāraṃ parityajan putra-duhitṛ-bhāryāṃ vā dadāno yācanakebhyaḥ sarva-gṛhaṃ vā + apasṛjan | yāvat sarva-upabhoga-paribhogān vā dadānaḥ | evaṃ pāna-dānaṃ rasa-dānam api bodhi-satvo dadāno vividhān kalyāṇān udārān viśuddhān a-vikalāṃs tiktāṃl lavaṇān kaṭakān kaṣāyān nānā-rasa-agra-upetān su-snigdhān vividha-rasa-vidhinā + upetān dhātu-kṣobhaṇa-samatā-sthāpanān citta-śarīra-bala-upastambhanān prīti-prasāda-prāmodya-kalpatā-jananān | yāvat sarva-para-upakrama-pratiṣedhakān sarva-vyādhi-samana-ārogya-saṃjananān | evaṃ vastra-dānaṃ puṣpa-dānaṃ gandha-dānaṃ vilepana-dānaṃ mālya-dānaṃ | śayana-dānam āvāsa-dānam apāśraya-dānaṃ pradīpa-dānaṃ ca | glāna-pratyaya-bhaiṣajya-pariṣkārān bodhi-satvo * anuprayacchan yāvan nānā-bhājanāni vividha-saṃbhārāṇy an-eka-kāṃsya-pātrīr a-prameya-saṃbhāra-upacitā hiraṇya-suvarṇa-rūpya-cūrṇa-paripūrṇās tāni buddhebhyo bhagavadbhyo dadāno * a-cintya-dakṣiṇīya-adhimukta-cetā bodhi-satva-ratnebhyo vā dadānaḥ | kalyāṇa-mitra-su-dur-labha-citta-utpādena ārya-saṃghāya vā dadānaḥ | buddha-śāsana-upastambhāya pudgalāya vā dadānaḥ | śrāvaka-praty-eka-buddhebhyo vā + ārya-guṇa-su-prasanna-cittatayā mātā-pitṛbhyāṃ dadāno | guru-śuśrūṣa-upasthāna-cittatayā ācārya-guru-dakṣiṇīyebhyo vā dadānas tatra tatra guru-saṃbhāra-avavāda-śikṣaṇa-prayuktaḥ | aśana-vasanaṃ vā kṛpaṇa-vanīpaka-yācanakebhyo dadānaḥ | sarva-satva-a-pratihata-cakṣur maitrī-paribhāvita-cittatayā | peyālaṃ ||

Again, right here it says: 'And dedicating himself to all sentient beings, or undertaking attendance upon all Buddhas, or relinquishing a kingdom, or a cloth-dyer's shop, or a royal capital adorned with all ornaments, or relinquishing all his retinue to suitors according to need, or giving son, daughter, or wife to suitors, or abandoning all his house, up to giving all enjoyment and possessions; likewise, when the bodhisattva gives the gift of drinks and the gift of tastes, giving various excellent, noble, pure, complete, bitter, salty, pungent, astringent, endowed with the foremost of diverse tastes, well-moistened, endowed with diverse preparations of flavor, bringing balance to the agitation of the bodily humors, strengthening the power of mind and body, producing delight, serene trust, joyous elation, and suitability, up to averting all attacks by others, pacifying all sickness, and generating health; likewise giving the gift of clothing, the gift of flowers, the gift of perfumes, the gift of ointments, the gift of garlands, the gift of beds, the gift of dwellings, the gift of shelter, and the gift of lamps; the bodhisattva, bestowing medicinal supplies for the sick, up to various vessels, diverse equipment, numerous bronze bowls filled with immeasurable provisions, filled with dust of gold, bullion, and silver—giving those to the Blessed Buddhas with a mind devoted to inconceivable worthy recipients, or giving them to the jewel-like bodhisattvas with the thought that a virtuous friend is extremely hard to find, or giving to the noble Saṅgha for the support of the Buddha's dispensation, or giving to an individual, or giving to śrāvakas and pratyekabuddhas with a mind serenely trusting in noble qualities, or giving to mother and father, giving to ācāryas, gurus, and worthy recipients with a mind devoted to serving and attending upon gurus, engaged here and there in learning the instruction and accumulating [virtue] for gurus, or giving food and clothing to wretched beggars and suitors, with unobstructed vision toward all sentient beings through a mind cultivated with loving-kindness. And so on.'