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The 16 pages that link to Dāna, each with the reason it gives.

• TheravadaRelated: Lay generosity sustains monastic life and is a foundational Theravada practice.

• Buddhist monasticismRelated: Lay offerings sustain monastics, who traditionally depend on gifts rather than ordinary employment.

• SanghaRelated: Lay donations help sustain monastic life and establish reciprocal bonds.

• Karma in BuddhismRelated: Giving is a common practice for cultivating wholesome intention and merit.

• Merit (Buddhism)Related: Giving is a prominent way Buddhist traditions associate wholesome action with merit.

• AlmsgivingBroader topic: Dāna places giving within religious disciplines of generosity and merit.

• Buddhist templeRelated: Temple visitors often express generosity through offerings and support for monastics.

• Jataka talesRelated: Acts of giving are among the tales’ clearest demonstrations of virtue.

• Six PerfectionsBroader topic: The first perfection trains bodhisattvas to give without clinging.

• Diamond SutraRelated: The sutra presents generosity without attachment as a central bodhisattva practice.

• PāramitāBroader topic: The first of the six pāramitās trains giving without attachment.

• Buddha's BirthdayRelated: Food and other donations are common ways to mark the occasion.

• JīvakaRelated: His grove donation and support of monastics exemplify giving to the Saṅgha.

• GanachakraRelated: Offerings and the distribution of food enact generosity within the gathering.

• Sky burialRelated: Offering the body to animals can be understood as a final act of generosity.

• Yulanpen SutraRelated: The offering of food to the monastic community is the rescue’s key act.