[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [分別功德論](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1507) › 3.6 # 分別功德論 3.6 分別功德論 3.6 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1507.3.6) 念施者，謂施有二事：或有主施、或無主施。復有二施：一名與、二名捨。復有二施：一財、二法。與者即有主施也，捨即無主施也。捨則捨結也，與則前人受財法。所以施至涅槃者，若與人財法時，心不望報、不計彼己，以三事無礙，即同無為也。若能捨結，亦是涅槃。捨、與俱至涅槃者，猶象逐健兒進之與退，其於得肉，進則破軍、退則自喪，食肉必矣。 > Mindfulness of giving (dāna) refers to giving having two aspects: giving with an owner, and giving without an owner. Again there are two kinds of giving: the first is called bestowing, and the second is called relinquishing. Again there are two kinds of giving: the first is material goods, and the second is the Dharma. Bestowing is giving with an owner; relinquishing is giving without an owner. Relinquishing is relinquishing the fetters; bestowing is the other person receiving material goods or Dharma. The reason why giving leads to nirvāṇa is that when one bestows material goods or Dharma upon people, if the mind does not hope for repayment and does not calculate self and other, because the three aspects are unhindered, it is identical with the unconditioned. If one can relinquish the fetters, that too is nirvāṇa. That relinquishing and bestowing both lead to nirvāṇa is like an elephant pursuing a champion \[warrior\], advancing or retreating: as for obtaining meat, if he advances he breaks the army, and if he retreats he loses himself, yet eating meat is certain. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1507.3.5) - [Next: 3.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1507.3.7) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1507.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1507~en-mt.3.6) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1507.3.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1507.3.6) · Pramāṇa