Giving, liberality; offering, alms. Specifically, giving of any of the four requisites to the monastic order. More generally, the inclination to give, without expecting any form of repayment from the recipient. Dana is the first theme in the Buddha's system of gradual training, the first of the ten pāramīs, one of the seven treasures, and the first of the three grounds for meritorious action (see sīla and bhāvanā).
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Dāna
