A Religious DonationDakkhiṇasutta

“Mendicants, there are these four ways of purifying a religious donation.“Catasso imā, bhikkhave, dakkhiṇā visuddhiyo. What four?Katamā catasso? There’s a religious donation that’s purified by the giver, not the recipient.Atthi, bhikkhave, dakkhiṇā dāyakato visujjhati, no paṭiggāhakato; There’s a religious donation that’s purified by the recipient, not the giver.atthi, bhikkhave, dakkhiṇā paṭiggāhakato visujjhati, no dāyakato; There’s a religious donation that’s purified by neither the giver nor the recipient.atthi, bhikkhave, dakkhiṇā neva dāyakato visujjhati, no paṭiggāhakato; There’s a religious donation that’s purified by both the giver and the recipient.atthi, bhikkhave, dakkhiṇā dāyakato ceva visujjhati paṭiggāhakato ca.

And how is a religious donation purified by the giver, not the recipient?Kathañca, bhikkhave, dakkhiṇā dāyakato visujjhati, no paṭiggāhakato? It’s when the giver is ethical, of good character, but the recipient is unethical, of bad character.Idha, bhikkhave, dāyako hoti sīlavā kalyāṇadhammo; paṭiggāhakā honti dussīlā pāpadhammā.

And how is a religious donation purified by the recipient, not the giver?Kathañca, bhikkhave, dakkhiṇā paṭiggāhakato visujjhati, no dāyakato? It’s when the giver is unethical, of bad character, but the recipient is ethical, of good character.Idha, bhikkhave, dāyako hoti dussīlo pāpadhammo; paṭiggāhakā honti sīlavanto kalyāṇadhammā.

And how is a religious donation purified by neither the giver nor the recipient?Kathañca, bhikkhave, dakkhiṇā neva dāyakato visujjhati, no paṭiggāhakato? It’s when both the giver and the recipient are unethical, of bad character.Idha, bhikkhave, dāyako hoti dussīlo pāpadhammo; paṭiggāhakāpi honti dussīlā pāpadhammā.

And how is a religious donation purified by both the giver and the recipient?Kathañca, bhikkhave, dakkhiṇā dāyakato ceva visujjhati paṭiggāhakato ca? It’s when both the giver and the recipient are ethical, of good character.Idha, bhikkhave, dāyako hoti sīlavā kalyāṇadhammo; paṭiggāhakāpi honti sīlavanto kalyāṇadhammā.

These are the four ways of purifying a religious donation.”Imā kho, bhikkhave, catasso dakkhiṇā visuddhiyo”ti.