Kiṃ pana maggasamaṅgissa sakkā dānaṃ dātunti. Āma sakkā. Āraddhavipassako hi pattacīvaramādāya gāmaṃ piṇḍāya pavisati, tassa gehadvāre ṭhitassa hatthato pattaṃ gahetvā khādanīyabhojanīyaṃ pakkhipanti, tasmiṃ khaṇe bhikkhuno maggavuṭṭhānaṃ hoti, idaṃ dānaṃ maggasamaṅgino dinnaṃ nāma hoti. Atha vā panesa āsanasālāya
Atha vā panassa vihāre vā āsanasālāyaṃ vā nisinnassa upāsakā pattaṃ ādāya attano gharaṃ gantvā khādanīyabhojanīyaṃ pakkhipanti, tasmiṃ khaṇe tassa maggavuṭṭhānaṃ hoti, idampi dānaṃ maggasamaṅgino dinnaṃ nāma. Tattha soṇḍiyaṃ udakassa viya sotāpattiphalasacchikiriyāya paṭipanne dinnadānassa asaṅkhyeyyatā veditabbā. Tāsu tāsu mahānadīsu mahāsamudde ca udakassa viya sotāpannādīsu dinnadānassa uttaritaravasena asaṅkhyeyyatā veditabbā, paṭhaviyā khalamaṇḍalamatte padese paṃsuṃ ādiṃ katvā yāva paṭhaviyā paṃsuno appameyyatāyapi ayamattho dīpetabbo.
[380] Satta kho panimāti kasmā ārabhi? "saṃghe gotami dehi, saṃghe Te dinne ahaṃ ceva pūjito bhavissāmi. Saṃgho cā"ti hi vuttaṃ, tattha sattasu ṭhānesu dinnadānaṃ saṃghe dinnaṃ nāma hotīti dassetuṃ imaṃ desanaṃ ārabhi. Tattha buddhappamukhe ubhatosaṃgheti ekato bhikkhusaṃgho ekato bhikkhunisaṃgho, satthā majjhe nisinno hotīti ayaṃ buddhappamukho ubhatosaṃgho nāma. Ayaṃ paṭhamāti imāya dakkhiṇāya samappamāṇā dakkhiṇā nāma natthi. Dutiyadakkhiṇādayo pana etaṃ paramadakkhiṇaṃ na pāpuṇanti.
Kiṃ pana tathāgate parinibbute buddhappamukhassa ubhatosaṃghassa dānaṃ dātuṃ sakkāti? sakkā. Kathaṃ? ubhatosaṃghassa hi pamukhe sadhātukaṃ paṭimaṃ āsane ṭhapetvā ādhārakaṃ ṭhapetvā dakkhiṇodakaṃ ādiṃ katvā sabbaṃ satthu paṭhamaṃ datvā ubhatosaṃghassa dātabbaṃ, evaṃ buddhappamukhassa ubhatosaṃghassa dānaṃ dinnaṃ nāma hoti. Tattha yaṃ satthu dinnaṃ, taṃ kiṃ kātabbanti? yo satthāraṃ paṭijaggati vattasampanno bhikkhu, tassa dātabbaṃ. Pitusantakañhi puttassa pāpuṇāti, bhikkhusaṃghassa dānaṃ dātumpi vaṭṭati, sappitelāni pana gahetvā dīpā jalitabbā, sāṭakaṃ gahetvā paṭākā āropetabbāti. Bhikkhusaṃgheti aparicchinnakamahābhikkhusaṃghe. Bhikkhunisaṃghepi eseva nayo.