TIMELY GIVING

<p><strong>Welcome back to the Sutta Meditation Series Podcast.</strong></p> <p>In this Dhamma session, <strong>we take a closer look at the Kāladāna Sutta (AN 5.36) and the Buddha's teaching on giving timely gifts and how the merit-making can be vast</strong>.&nbsp;</p> <p>The five timely gifts are:</p> <ol> <li>one gives to a visitor</li> <li>one gives to one setting out on a journey</li> <li>one gives to a patient (or sick person)</li> <li>one gives during a famine</li> <li>one first presents the newly harvested crops and fruits to the virtuous ones</li> </ol> <p>We also cross-reference some additional teachings from the Buddha on gifts &nbsp;of a good person, remind ourselves of the importance of letting go of stinginess, some advice on how to refine giving, as well as look into why giving to noble ones makes a gift fruitful, and who is considered the most worthy of offerings and gifts. &nbsp;</p> <p>Other suttas that are mentioned directly or indirectly in this talk:&nbsp;</p> <ul> <li>— Sappurisadāna Sutta (AN 5.148) &nbsp;</li> <li>— Sappurisadāna Sutta (AN 8.37) &nbsp;</li> <li>— Dāna Sutta (Iti 26) &nbsp;</li> <li>— Āhuneyya Sutta (AN 9.10) &nbsp;</li> <li>— Velāma Sutta (AN 9.20)</li> </ul> <p><strong>The video of this talk has been published to the Sutta Meditation YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksu52jyTKZg</strong></p> <p>Blessings of the Triple Gem. Theruwan saranai</p> --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/suttameditationseries/message