Result of Attentive Action

💐Dullabham Saddhammasavanam💐

However if a human being does not come across the truth, the law, the Dhamma; if he or she does not even get an opportunity to hear the Dhamma, one does not make any use of human life.

One spends the whole life like any other being—an animal, a bird or a reptile.

🌷 Just to listen to the truth about the Dhamma— this itself is so rare.

💐 Result of Attentive actions :

On one occasion the Blessed One was staying near Sāvatthī in Jeta's Grove,Anāthapindika's monastery.

Then Anāthapindika the householder went to the Blessed One and, on arrival, bowed down to him and sat to one side.

As he was sitting there, the Blessed One said to him, "Householder, are gifts still given in your family?"

"Gifts are still given in my family, lord, but they are coarse: broken rice cooked with bran, accompanied by pickle brine."

"Householder, regardless of whether a gift is coarse or refined,

i) if it is given attentively,

ii) respectfully,

iii) with one's own hand,

iv) not as if throwing it away,

v) with the view that something will come of it:

🌷 Wherever the result of that gift comes to fruition, one's mind will incline to the enjoyment of splendid food, will incline to the enjoyment of splendid clothing, will incline to the enjoyment of splendid vehicles, will incline to the enjoyment of the splendid five strings of sensuality.

And one's sons & daughters, slaves, servants, & workers will listen to one, will lend ear, will make their minds attend for the sake of knowledge.

Why is that?

Because that is the result of attentive actions.

(AN 9.20.Velāma Sutta)