Chaḷaṅgadāna: The Six Factors of Giving
Translated from the Burmese Chaṭṭhasaṅgāyana text by Ānandajoti Bhikkhu
Preface
This is a short discourse from the Aṅguttaranikāya which is a very popular subject for teaching at the time of giving gifts (dāna) to the Saṅgha. It describes the important factors to be borne in mind when giving gifts, and serves to remind all present how important their own intentions are for the proper fulfilment of the gift.
I have translated it together with its commentary interleaved which gives some important doctrinal information over and above the discourse, and also seeks to clarify it in places.
It should also give the student an idea of how the word commentaries (vaṇṇanā) work together with their discourse.
The colour coding is as follows:
Discourse Text
Discourse Translation
Commentarial Text
Commentarial Translation
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Ānandajoti Bhikkhu
August 2014
Chalangadana
