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i recall reading on suttacentral a particular sutta that says that people might give a gift for various reasons, like being angry or out of stupidity
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Or, instead… he gives a gift with the thought, 'Just as there were the great sacrifices of the sages of the past … in the same way will this be my distribution of gifts'… on the break-up of the body, after death, he reappears in the company of the devas who delight in creation. Then, having exhausted that action, that power, that status, that sovereignty, he is a returner, coming back to this world.

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its not that one
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Several of the ten suttas in the Dānavagga of the AN's Book of the Eights answer to this description. See. AN 8:31 to AN 8:40.

This is AN 8:33...
“Bhikkhus, there are these eight grounds for giving. What eight?

(1) One gives a gift from desire. (2) One gives a gift from hatred. (3) One gives a gift from delusion. (4) One gives a gift from fear. (5) One gives a gift, thinking: ‘Giving was practiced before by my father and forefathers; I should not abandon this ancient family custom.’ (6) One gives a gift, thinking: ‘Having given this gift, with the breakup of the body, after death, I will be reborn in a good destination, in a heavenly world.’ (7) One gives a gift, thinking: ‘When I am giving this gift my mind becomes placid, and elation and joy arise.’ (8) One gives a gift for the purpose of ornamenting the mind, equipping the mind. These are the eight grounds for giving.”
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tato taṃ hoti aññathā.


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Dhammanando wrote: Sat Feb 27, 2021 10:01 am Several of the ten suttas in the Dānavagga of the AN's Book of the Eights answer to this description. See. AN 8:31 to AN 8:40.

This is AN 8:33...
“Bhikkhus, there are these eight grounds for giving. What eight?

(1) One gives a gift from desire. (2) One gives a gift from hatred. (3) One gives a gift from delusion. (4) One gives a gift from fear. (5) One gives a gift, thinking: ‘Giving was practiced before by my father and forefathers; I should not abandon this ancient family custom.’ (6) One gives a gift, thinking: ‘Having given this gift, with the breakup of the body, after death, I will be reborn in a good destination, in a heavenly world.’ (7) One gives a gift, thinking: ‘When I am giving this gift my mind becomes placid, and elation and joy arise.’ (8) One gives a gift for the purpose of ornamenting the mind, equipping the mind. These are the eight grounds for giving.”
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