Giving and Receiving

Giving food, one gives and later receives strength.

Giving clothes, one gives and later receives beauty.

Giving medicine, one gives and later receives health.

Giving shelter, one gives and later receives protection.

Giving transport, one gives and later receives swift ease.

Giving lamps, one gives and later receives light and sight.

Giving learning, one gives and later receives intelligence.

Giving Dharma, one gives and later receives deathlessness.