Brief Encounter in Life by Yaw Sayadaw(January/ 1998 Issue)
Dhamma and Vinaya (3) ( In Burmese-Myanmar ) By U Maung Maung Lay (Dhammacariya) ( October/1998 Issue)
Biddhist Dictionary (Series)( In English/ Burmse-Myanmar ) ByU Myat Kyaw - U San Lwin(
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BUDDHIST DICTIONARY
( Series from Zabuyadana Magazine)
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| dana- n - act of giving: donation (the act of giving may be categorised in 5 sets of contrasting pairs as: 1 (1) vittanissita dana - giving with the aim of enjoying the worldly pleasures of a human heing or a god. 1 (2) vivattanissita dana - givingwith the aim of liberation from the endless round of rebirths and achieving nibbana; 2 (1) Amisa dana - donation of material requisites such as food, clothing etc, 2 (2) dhamma dana - donation of doctrinal sustenance such as religious literature, giving or participation in lectures on religious learning, leading a devout life in keeping with the tenets of Buddhism etc; 3 (1) samghika dana -donation made to the monastic order in general, 3 (2) pugglika dana - donation made on a personal basis; 4 (1) agga dana -giving the first fruits and the choicest portions of food before one partakes of it, |
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| 4 (2)ucchittha dana - giving of one's leavings after a meal or cast-off things; 5 (1) sakkacca dana - giving in a respectful manner 5 (2) asakkacca dana- giving disrespectfully; or viewed in sets of three levels from 2 aspects: 1 (1) hina dana- the inferior kindof giving for the sake of appearances only and thus lacking in nobility of purpose, perspicacy or earnestness, 1 (2) majjhima dana - the middling kind of giving with the expectation of material gain, 1(3)panita dana - the superlative kind made with the aim of attaining nibbana; 2 (1) dana dasa - giving in the manner of throwing scraps to a slave. 2 (2) dana sahaya - giving in the manner of giving to a friend or one's equal. 2 (3) dana sami- giving deferentially in the manner of making an offering to one's lord and masters) |
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| dana katha - talk concerning charity (charitable acts which bear immediate consequences have the four following characteristics:
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