法苑珠林 81.20

81.20

It is explained: However, among the material goods given, some are proper and some are improper. If one should give illicit goods, the merit gained will be exceedingly small; if one gives wealth in accordance with the Dharma, the merit obtained will be all the greater. As the Mahāratnakūṭa-sūtra states: "There are also five things that ought not to be given: 1. Wealth sought through improper means must not be given to others, because the goods are impure. 2. Wine and poison must not be given to others, because they derange sentient beings. 3. Traps and snare nets must not be given to others, because they afflict sentient beings. 4. Swords, staves, and arrows must not be given to others, because they harm sentient beings. 5. Music and feminine charms must not be given to others, because they destroy a pure mind."