Any gift that proceeds from faith of the heart,

and is bestowed upon a worthy recipient,

produces great results.

There does not exist at all anything like

a trifling gift of that nature.

For this reason, by giving with a faithful heart

to the Congregation of the Holy,

that most excellent ground fit for sowing meritorious action,

one may obtain the utmost gladness,

considering thus: 'such blessings, and even greater than these,

may ere long occur to me too.

From the Jatakamala Tales