Three kinds of generosity

The paramita of generosity can be classified as three kinds (Tib. སྦྱིན་པ་གསུམ་, jinpa sum, Wyl. sbyin pa gsum). They are:

• giving material things (Tib. ཟང་ཟིང་གི་སྦྱིན་པ་, zangzing gi jinpa, Wyl. zang zing gi sbyin pa)

• giving the dharma (Tib. ཆོས་ཀྱི་སྦྱིན་པ་, chö kyi jinpa, Wyl. chos kyi sbyin pa)

• giving protection from fear (Tib. མི་འཇིགས་པ་སྦྱིན་པ་, mijikpa jinpa, Wyl. mi ‘jigs pa sbyin pa)

Further reading

• Patrul Rinpoche, The Words of My Perfect Teacher (Yale University Press, Revised edition, 2010). ISBN 978-0300165326, pages 234-238
• Khenpo Ngawang Pelzang, A Guide to the Words of My Perfect Teacher, translated by Padmakara Translation Group (Boston & London: Shambhala, 2004), ISBN 978-1590300732 pages 184-187