Summary
s.1This short discourse was taught to an audience of monks in Śrāvastī, in the Jetavana. The Buddha details thirty-seven ways in which the wise give gifts, how those gifts are properly given, and the positive results that ripen from giving such gifts. The Buddha makes clear that the result that ripens is similar to the gift that was given or the manner in which the gift was given.
s.1這部簡短的開示是佛陀在舍衛城祇樹給孤獨園向比丘眾所宣講的。佛陀詳細說明了智慧之人施捨的三十七種方式、如何正確地進行施捨，以及施捨所產生的積極果報。佛陀明確指出，所成熟的果報與所施捨的禮物或施捨的方式相相應。