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AN 5.147 - Gifts of an Untrue Person Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato Source: https://suttacentral.net/an5.147/en/sujato License: CC0-1.0 Numbered Discourses 5.147 15. At Tikaṇḍakī Gifts of an Untrue Person “Mendicants, there are these five gifts of an untrue person. What five? They give carelessly. They give thoughtlessly. They don’t give with their own hand. They give the dregs. They give without consideration for consequences. These are the five gifts of an untrue person. There are these five gifts of a true person. What five? They give carefully. They give thoughtfully. They give with their own hand. They don’t give the dregs. They give with consideration for consequences. These are the five gifts of a true person.”