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Chaḷaṅgadāna Sutta
SuttaA discourse in which the Buddha, perceiving with his divine eye an offering made by a laywoman to the Saṅgha led by Sāriputta and Mahā-Moggallāna, describes it as endowed with six factors — three of the donor’s disposition and three of the recipients’ purity — yielding immeasurable merit.
AN 6.37
Chaḷaṅgadāna Sutta2
SuttaA companion discourse on the same offering by Veḷukaṇḍakī-Nandamātā, explaining how a gift is perfected through the giver’s joy before, during and after giving, and the recipients’ freedom from — or progress toward freedom from — greed, hatred and delusion.
AN 6.37
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