{"collection":"Anguttara Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_an4.78/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_an4.78","id":"suttacentral_an4.78","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/an4.78/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Anguttara Nikaya","Early Buddhist Texts"],"text":"\u201cMendicants, there are these four ways of purifying a religious donation. What four? There\u2019s a religious donation that\u2019s purified by the giver, not the recipient. There\u2019s a religious donation that\u2019s purified by the recipient, not the giver. There\u2019s a religious donation that\u2019s purified by neither the giver nor the recipient. There\u2019s a religious donation that\u2019s purified by both the giver and the recipient. And how is a religious donation purified by the giver, not the recipient? It\u2019s when the giver is ethical, of good character, but the recipient is unethical, of bad character. And how is a religious donation purified by the recipient, not the giver? It\u2019s when the giver is unethical, of bad character, but the recipient is ethical, of good character. And how is a religious donation purified by neither the giver nor the recipient? It\u2019s when both the giver and the recipient are unethical, of bad character. And how is a religious donation purified by both the giver and the recipient? It\u2019s when both the giver and the recipient are ethical, of good character. These are the four ways of purifying a religious donation.\u201d","title":"A Religious Donation","tradition":"Anguttara Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":187}