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The Discourse on the Brahmin's Sacrifice of the Teaching
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This was said by the Blessed One, said by the Worthy One, thus have I heard:
"I am, monks, a brahmin, accessible to requests, always with purified hands, bearing my final body, an unsurpassed physician, a surgeon. You are my sons, legitimate sons, born from my mouth, born of the Teaching, created by the Teaching, heirs in the Teaching, not heirs in material gains.
"There are, monks, these two kinds of giving - the giving of material things and the giving of the Teaching. This is the foremost of these two kinds of giving, monks, namely - the giving of the Teaching.
"There are these two kinds of sharing, monks - sharing of material things and sharing of the Teaching. This is the foremost of these two kinds of sharing, monks, namely - the sharing of the Teaching.
"There are these two kinds of assistance, monks - material assistance and assistance through the Teaching. This is the foremost of these two kinds of assistance, monks, namely - assistance through the Teaching.
"There are these two sacrifices, monks - material sacrifice and Teaching sacrifice. This is the foremost of these two sacrifices, monks, namely - the Teaching sacrifice." The Blessed One said this meaning. Therein this is said:
Beings pay homage to such a one, the foremost of gods and humans, who has gone beyond existence."
This meaning too was spoken by the Blessed One, thus have I heard. The first.