Basket of Conduct 7

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1. The Conduct Leading to Buddhahood
2. The Chapter With Akitti
3. The Perfection of Giving (7th)
4. Prince Candana’s Conduct
5. “Then again when I was
6. the true-born son of the One King
7. in the city of flowers, Pupphavatī,
8. I was called Prince Canda, the Moon.
9. Then, released from being sacrificed,
10. I fled the sacrificial enclosure.
11. Giving rise to a sense of urgency,
12. I performed a great offering.
13. I did not drink, I did not eat,
14. I did not enjoy any food
15. for five or six days
16. with having first offering to a worthy recipient.
17. Suppose there was a merchant
18. who had made a store of goods.
19. They would take those goods
20. to where they could make a large profit.
21. So too, even giving what one has used oneself
22. to others is very fruitful.
23. That is why what is to be given to others
24. multiplies a hundredfold.
25. Knowing the reason for this,
26. I gave gifts in life after life.
27. I never relented in giving
28. for the attainment of awakening.”