← Aṅguttara NikāyaAN4.78Numbered Discourses 4.78SuttaCentral (Bhikkhu Sujato translation)Select any verse to keep it — saved passages go to your Dhamma Deck, the same one the app uses.Numbered Discourses 4.788. UnfailingA Religious Donation“Mendicants, there are these four ways of purifying a religious donation.What four?There’s a religious donation that’s purified by the giver, not the recipient.There’s a religious donation that’s purified by the recipient, not the giver.There’s a religious donation that’s purified by neither the giver nor the recipient.There’s a religious donation that’s purified by both the giver and the recipient.And how is a religious donation purified by the giver, not the recipient?It’s when the giver is ethical, of good character, but the recipient is unethical, of bad character.And how is a religious donation purified by the recipient, not the giver?It’s when the giver is unethical, of bad character, but the recipient is ethical, of good character.And how is a religious donation purified by neither the giver nor the recipient?It’s when both the giver and the recipient are unethical, of bad character.And how is a religious donation purified by both the giver and the recipient?It’s when both the giver and the recipient are ethical, of good character.These are the four ways of purifying a religious donation.”