Generosity (dana or caga) is a glad willingness to share what one has with others. In Buddhism, generosity is seen as a strategy to weaken greed, a way of helping other and a means of lessening the economic disparities in society.Since it is one of the cardinal Buddhist virtues, the Buddha has a great deal to say about giving and sharing. He said we can give to guests, to those setting out on a journey, to the sick, the hungry, the poor and the first fruits to monks, nuns or spiritual teachers. The Jataka says: 'From little give a little, from middling give middling and from much give much. There is no excuse for giving nothing.'
---A Guide to Buddhism A to Z, by S. Dhammika---
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