{"collection":"Buddhism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/bud/angu/an5-37.htm","path":"bud/angu/an5-37.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/bud/angu/an5-37.htm","text":"Main index\nBuddhism index\nindex\nAnguttara Nikaya V.37\nBhojana Sutta\nA Meal\nFor free distribution only, as a gift of Dhamma\nContext of this sutta\n\"In giving a meal, the donor gives five things to the recipient. Which five? He/she gives life, beauty, happiness, strength, & quick-wittedness. Having given life, he/she has a share in long life, either human or divine. Having given beauty, he/she has a share in beauty, either human or divine. Having given happiness, he/she has a share in happiness, either human or divine. Having given strength, he/she has a share in strength, either human or divine. Having given quick-wittedness, he/she has a share in quick-wittedness, either human or divine. In giving a meal, the donor gives these five things to the recipient.\"\nThe prudent person giving life, strength,\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 beauty, quick-wittedness -- \nthe wise person, a giver of happiness -- \n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 attains happiness himself.\nHaving given life, strength, beauty,\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 happiness, & quick-wittedness,\nhe has long life & status\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 wherever he arises.\nRevised: Sat 17 October 1998","title":"AN V.37: Bhojana Sutta","type":"page"}