DÁNA - THE PRACTICE OF GIVING
Selected Essays
Edited by Bhikkhu Bodhi
Buddhist Publication Society, Kandy, 1990
The Wheel Publication No. 367/369
ISBN 955-24-0077-5
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Dána — the Pali word means giving, generosity, self-sacrifice: the quality of heart that moves a person to give away his or her own possessions for the sake of others. Giving in Buddhism is not a mere moral virtue to be randomly engaged in or followed as an obligatory duty. It is, rather, an aspect of training, a means of practice, by which a spiritual aspirant learns to overcome selfishness and attachment and to express a compassionate concern for the welfare of others.
In this Wheel booklet four practising Buddhists of today, and one classical Buddhist commentator, set forth their understanding of giving and examine it in relation to the wider body of Dhamma practice. These writers demonstrate the great range of the Buddhist practice of giving and its vital connections with the quest for enlightenment and final liberation from suffering.
Contents. Susan Elbaum Jootla: The Practice of Giving; Lily de Silva: Giving in the Pali Canon; M.O.C. Walshe: Giving from the Heart, Nina van Gorkon: Generosity: The Inward Dimension; Acariya Dhammapala: The Perfection of Giving.
HECKER, HELLMUTH
