sn2.23:8.1 “Once upon a time, sir, I was a king named Serī, a giver, a donor, who praised giving.
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sn2.23:8.2 I gave gifts at the four gates to ascetics and brahmins, to paupers, vagrants, supplicants, and beggars.
sn2.23:8.3 Then the ladies of my harem approached me and said,
sn2.23:8.4 ‘Your Majesty gives gifts, but we don’t.
sn2.23:8.5 Your Majesty, please support us to give gifts and make merit.’
sn2.23:8.6 Then it occurred to me,
sn2.23:8.7 ‘I’m a giver, a donor, who praises giving.
sn2.23:8.8 When they say, “We would give gifts”, what am I to say?’
sn2.23:8.9 And so I gave the first gate to the ladies of my harem.
sn2.23:8.10 There they gave gifts, while my own giving dwindled.