{"collection":"Anguttara Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_an8.31/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_an8.31","id":"suttacentral_an8.31","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/an8.31/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Anguttara Nikaya","Early Buddhist Texts"],"text":"\u201cMendicants, there are these eight gifts. What eight? Someone might give a gift after insulting the recipient. Or they give out of fear. Or they give thinking, \u2018They gave to me.\u2019 Or they give thinking, \u2018They\u2019ll give to me.\u2019 Or they give thinking, \u2018It\u2019s good to give.\u2019 Or they give thinking, \u2018I cook, they don\u2019t. It wouldn\u2019t be right for me to not give to them.\u2019 Or they give thinking, \u2018By giving this gift I\u2019ll get a good reputation.\u2019 Or they give thinking, \u2018This is an adornment and requisite for the mind.\u2019 These are the eight gifts.\u201d","title":"Giving (1st)","tradition":"Anguttara Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":97}