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Dhammapada · 13.11

Na ve kadariyā devalokaṃ vajanti, bālā have nappasaṃsanti dānaṃ;Dhīro ca dānaṃ anumodamāno, teneva so hoti sukhī parattha.

Na ve kadariya devalokam vajanti, bala have nappasamsanti danam; Dhiro ca danam anumodamano, teneva so hoti sukhi parattha.

The miserly do not go to the heavenly realm; fools do not praise giving. But the wise one, rejoicing in giving, is happy in the next world.

— Dhammapada 13.11

Source: Pali text from the Khuddaka Nikāya of the Pali Canon (oldest extant Buddhist scripture, compiled c. 3rd century BCE). Public-domain English readings drawn from F. Max Müller's translation in Sacred Books of the East, Vol X (1881) and the Buddhist Publication Society's freely-licensed Acharya Buddharakkhita rendering.

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