8.
The Discourse on Sudatta
58.
Then the householder Anāthapiṇḍika approached the Blessed One;
having approached, he paid respect to the Blessed One and sat down to one side.
To the householder Anāthapiṇḍika seated to one side, the Blessed One said this:
"Householder, a noble disciple giving food gives four things to the recipients. What are the four? She gives life, she gives beauty, she gives happiness, she gives strength. Having given life, he becomes a partaker of life, whether divine or human. Having given beauty, etc. Having given happiness, etc. Having given strength, he becomes a partaker of strength, whether divine or human. Householder, a noble disciple giving food gives these four things to the recipients."
At the proper time, attentively, gives food;
He bestows four things,
Life and beauty and happiness and strength.
He becomes long-lived and glorious, wherever he is reborn." The eighth.