Dighanikaya 5.352_4

5.352_4

‘‘Pañcimāni, bhikkhave, dānāni mahādānāni aggaññāni rattaññāni vaṃsaññāni porāṇāni asaṃkiṇṇāni asaṃkiṇṇapubbāni na saṅkiyanti na saṅkiyissanti appaṭikuṭṭhāni samaṇehi brāhmaṇehi viññūhi. Katamāni pañca? Idha, bhikkhave, ariyasāvako pāṇātipātaṃ pahāya pāṇātipātā paṭivirato hoti. Pāṇātipātā paṭivirato, bhikkhave, ariyasāvako aparimāṇānaṃ sattānaṃ abhayaṃ deti, averaṃ deti abyāpajjhaṃ deti. Aparimāṇānaṃ sattānaṃ abhayaṃ datvā averaṃ datvā abyāpajjhaṃ datvā aparimāṇassa abhayassa averassa abyāpajjhassa bhāgī hoti. Idaṃ, bhikkhave, paṭhamaṃ dānaṃ mahādānaṃ…pe… viññūhīti.

“Monks, these five gifts are great gifts, supreme, long-standing, traditional, ancient, unadulterated, formerly unadulterated, not being adulterated, will not be adulterated, not despised by ascetics and brahmins who are wise. What five? Here, monks, a noble disciple, having abandoned killing living beings, refrains from killing living beings. Monks, a noble disciple refraining from killing living beings gives fearlessness, gives freedom from enmity, gives freedom from distress to boundless beings. Having given fearlessness, having given freedom from enmity, having given freedom from distress to boundless beings, he partakes of boundless fearlessness, freedom from enmity, and freedom from distress. Monks, this is the first gift, a great gift, …pe… by the wise.