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From Sujato MN 142
Recipient of Donation Return Animal 100x Unethical ordinary person 1,000x Ethical ordinary person 100,000x Outsider free of sensual desire 10,000,000,000x (10 Billion) Person practicing for the fruit of stream-entry Incalculable Stream-enterer More than incalculable Person practicing for the fruit of once-return More than incalculable Once-returner More than incalculable Person practicing for the fruit of non-return More than incalculable Non-returner More than incalculable Someone practicing for fruit of perfection More than incalculable Perfected one More than incalculable Independent Buddha More than incalculable Fully awakened Buddha More than incalculable Unethical monastics in the name of the Sangha Even more than more than incalculable Appointed nuns from the Sangha Even more than more than incalculable Appointed monks from the Sangha Even more than more than incalculable Appointed monks and nuns from the Sangha Even more than more than incalculable Sangha of nuns Even more than more than incalculable Sangha of monks Even more than more than incalculable Sangha of monks and nuns Even more than more than incalculable Sangha of monks and nuns headed by the Buddha Even more than more than incalculable But in any case, there is no way a personal offering can be more fruitful than one bestowed on a Saṅgha, I say. (Sujato)
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