Dana, giving, is one of the six daily duties of the householder, and the classical fourfold form is ahara-dana, food; aushadha-dana, medicine; shastra-dana or jnana-dana, knowledge; and abhaya-dana, fearlessness — the removal of fear of harm from a being that has it. Abhaya-dana is regarded as the highest, and it is the doctrinal source of a very distinctive philanthropic pattern: Jain money founded and still funds panjrapole animal shelters, bird hospitals, veterinary care for working animals, and historically the buying of animals from butchers. The Jain community also funds hospitals, schools and famine relief at a scale far out of proportion to its size, and the giving carries no proselytising component, because there is nothing to convert anyone to in the missionary sense — the tradition does not seek converts. Supporting mendicants is separately understood as a duty rather than a generosity, since monastics can neither cook, store nor earn, and the merit accrues to the giver.