| gptkbp:instanceOf | gptkb:Buddhism gptkb:philosophy
 gptkb:Sanskrit_literature
 
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                                | gptkbp:associatedWith | gptkb:Buddhist_monk temples
 lay followers
 monasteries
 
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                                | gptkbp:category | gptkb:virtue gptkb:Buddhism
 gptkb:Noble_Eightfold_Path
 Buddhist terminology
 Buddhist practices
 Religious giving
 
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                                | gptkbp:corePracticeOf | lay Buddhists monastics
 
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                                | gptkbp:form | gptkb:gift_shop almsgiving
 donation
 
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                                | gptkbp:importantFor | gptkb:Mahayana_Buddhism gptkb:Theravada_Buddhism
 gptkb:Vajrayana_Buddhism
 
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                                | gptkbp:languageOfOrigin | gptkb:Pali gptkb:Sanskrit
 
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                                | gptkbp:meaning | gptkb:charity generosity
 giving
 
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                                | gptkbp:mentionedIn | gptkb:Abhidhamma_Pitaka gptkb:Jataka_tales
 gptkb:Sutta_Pitaka
 gptkb:Vinaya_Pitaka
 gptkb:Dhammapada
 gptkb:Buddhist_scripture
 
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                                | gptkbp:opposedBy | greed attachment
 
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                                | gptkbp:practicedIn | gptkb:Buddhism gptkb:Hinduism
 gptkb:Jainism
 gptkb:Sikhism
 
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                                | gptkbp:purpose | spiritual development accumulation of merit
 cultivation of generosity
 support of monastic community
 
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                                | gptkbp:relatedTo | gptkb:dāna_pāramitā merit
 generosity
 paramita
 
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                                | gptkbp:translatedInto | gptkb:charity generosity
 giving
 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsParent | gptkb:Lay_Buddhists 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsLayer | 8 
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                                | https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label | Dana (almsgiving) 
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