[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) › 4.23 # 分別功德論 4.23 分別功德論 4.23 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [4.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1507.4.23) 所以稱讖比丘瞻病為第一者，時祇陀精舍有一比丘病疾困篤，久寢床褥，脊下蟲出，呻號終日。佛與諸比丘按行房舍，見此比丘困篤如是，問曰：「有人瞻視汝不？」曰：「無也。」又問曰：「汝先時頗瞻視他病不？」答曰：「不也。」佛言：「汝不視他病，云何欲望人看也？」於是如來襞僧伽梨，自手摩捫，為其湔浣。時天帝釋亦來佐助世尊瞻視病人。於是病比丘蒙世尊恩，即得除愈。佛告諸比丘：「自今已後，若有病者當相瞻視。」時世尊顧謂諸比丘：「誰能常瞻視病者？」唯有讖比丘耳。讖比丘常以五事瞻視病者。云何為五？分別良藥，亦不懈怠先起後臥，恒憙言談少於睡眠，以法供養不貪飲食，堪任與病人說法。是謂讖比丘以此五法瞻視病人，未曾有不差者。所以者何？此比丘乃前世時，曾五百世為醫，善解方藥、聽聲察色知病根源，兼以四事瞻養病者。以是因緣，稱讖比丘瞻病第一也。 > The reason why the bhikṣu Kṣema is called foremost in caring for the sick is this: once, at the Jeta Hermitage, there was a bhikṣu who was critically ill and had been confined to his bed for a long time. Worms crawled out from under his spine, and he moaned and wailed all day long. The Buddha, inspecting the quarters together with the bhikṣus, saw this bhikṣu in such dire distress and asked, 'Is there anyone caring for you?' He replied, 'No.' \[The Buddha\] asked again, 'In the past, did you ever care for others' illnesses?' He answered, 'No.' The Buddha said, 'If you do not attend to the illnesses of others, how can you expect people to look after you?' Thereupon, the Tathāgata folded his saṃghāṭī, massaged and wiped him with his own hands, and washed him clean. At that time, Śakra Devānām Indra also came to assist the World-Honoured One in tending to the sick man. Thereupon, receiving the grace of the World-Honoured One, the sick bhikṣu was immediately healed. The Buddha told the bhikṣus: 'From this day forth, if anyone is sick, you should care for one another.' Then the World-Honoured One looked around and said to the bhikṣus, 'Who can constantly care for the sick?' Only the bhikṣu Kṣema \[could do so\]. The bhikṣu Kṣema constantly used five things to care for the sick. What are the five? Distinguishing good medicines; not being indolent, rising before and sleeping after \[the patient\]; always delighting in conversation and sleeping little; offering service with the Dharma without greed for food and drink; and being capable of preaching the Dharma to the sick. Thus it is said that whenever the bhikṣu Kṣema cared for the sick with these five dharmas, none failed to recover. Why is that? In past lives, this bhikṣu had been a physician for five hundred lifetimes, excelled in understanding prescriptions and herbs, and by listening to voices and observing complexions knew the root causes of diseases; furthermore, he nursed the sick with the four necessities. For this reason, the bhikṣu Kṣema is called foremost in caring for the sick. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 4.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1507.4.22) - [Next: 4.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1507.4.24) - [Up: 4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1507.4) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1507~en-mt.4.23) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1507.4.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1507.4.23) · Pramāṇa