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|text=This Buddhist parable tells the story of Nima, a destitute woman in ancient Śrāvastī who sacrifices her only coin to offer a humble oil lamp to the Buddha instead of buying food for herself after two days without eating. Her lamp miraculously continues burning long after the elaborate offerings from wealthy donors extinguish. The Buddha reveals that Nima's perfect generosity—giving from need rather than excess—created an inextinguishable light. He prophesies that she will become the Buddha Dīpaṃkara ("Maker of Light") in a future age. The tale illustrates the Buddhist principle that the intention behind an offering matters more than its size, and that genuine sacrifice from the heart creates the greatest merit. | |text=This Buddhist parable tells the story of Nima, a destitute woman in ancient Śrāvastī who sacrifices her only coin to offer a humble oil lamp to the Buddha instead of buying food for herself after two days without eating. Her lamp miraculously continues burning long after the elaborate offerings from wealthy donors extinguish. The Buddha reveals that Nima's perfect generosity—giving from need rather than excess—created an inextinguishable light. He prophesies that she will become the Buddha Dīpaṃkara ("Maker of Light") in a future age. The tale illustrates the Buddhist principle that the intention behind an offering matters more than its size, and that genuine sacrifice from the heart creates the greatest merit. This story comes from one of many stories in ''The Sutra of the Wise and Foolish'', (མདོ་མཛངས་བླུན། ''mdo mdzangs blun''), [http://www.rkts.org/etexts/complete.php?id=D341&coll=D D341]. | ||
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