sn2.23:12.1 Then my men approached me and said,
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sn2.23:12.2 ‘Now Your Majesty is not giving gifts anywhere!’
sn2.23:12.3 When they said this, I said to those men,
sn2.23:12.4 ‘Well then, lads, deposit half the revenue generated in the outer districts in the royal compound. Give the other half as charity to ascetics and brahmins, to paupers, vagrants, supplicants, and beggars in those districts.’
sn2.23:12.5 Sir, for a long time I made so much merit and did so many skillful deeds. I never reached any limit so as to say
sn2.23:12.6 ‘there’s this much merit’ or ‘there’s this much result of merit’ or ‘for so long I’ll remain in heaven’.
sn2.23:12.7 It’s incredible, sir, it’s amazing,
sn2.23:12.8 how well said this was by the Buddha.