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Dana: The Practice of Giving

Buddhist Publication Society, ed. Bhikkhu Bodhi

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A Buddhist Publication Society compilation of Pali Canon teachings on dana, edited by Bhikkhu Bodhi, explaining that giving is offered according to one's own means with no fixed rate, that the giver's intention determines the merit earned, and that alms to monastics are the tradition's most visible expression of it.

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Publisher
Buddhist Publication Society (The Wheel series), edited by Bhikkhu Bodhi
Publication Year
1995
URL
https://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/authors/various/wheel367.html
Source Type
Edited volume
Assessment
Reliability Tier
1
Tier 1: a scholarly compilation of Pali Canon teachings on giving, edited by Bhikkhu Bodhi, a widely respected translator-monk, published in the Buddhist Publication Society's own Wheel series, hosted on Access to Insight, an established repository of Theravada canonical and commentarial material.
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This source backs 12 claims across the atlas. As facts: 10 well-attested. Plus 2 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

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  • Sources, 6 claims: 6 well-attested.
  • Denominations, 3 claims: 2 well-attested, 1 general references.
  • Religions, 3 claims: 2 well-attested, 1 general references.

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