大方便佛報恩經 2.18

2.18

「菩薩若見有眾生愛樂佛法，而來親近供養，承事奉侍，洗足按摩，浣濯乾曬，楊枝澡水，拂拭床敷，卷褺被枕。初夜後夜供給燈燭、前食、後食、怛鉢那食、蒲闍尼食、佉陀尼食，及諸漿飲——所謂與利師漿、馥勒奢菓漿、蒲萄漿、黑石蜜漿。如是承事，乃至一七至九十日，為欲求請菩薩，聽聞佛法。菩薩爾時雖見是人如是供給，心不歡喜。何以故？菩薩久於無量阿僧祇劫中，為求佛法故；我為一切眾生心無增減故；以慈悲心故；住平等心故，時作轉輪聖王，常以十善，導化一切眾生。為我意故，歡喜奉行，命終之後，得生人天，受微妙五欲快樂，尊嚴豪貴，隨心適意；臥起入宮，服乘鞍馬，遊戲園苑，伎樂自娛，歡喜飲食；無常卒至，老病喪亡，家室男女愁毒懊惱，舉聲大哭，以手搥胸，或時拔髮，食飲灰土，悶絕躄地，持幡乘車，啼哭送之。殯埋既竟，室家男女手相扶持，還歸本家，愁毒悶絕，良久躃地，或時致病，或時狂癡，或時致死。於生者大損，於死者無益。

"If a bodhisattva sees sentient beings who love and delight in the Buddha-Dharma come near to make offerings, to serve and attend upon them—washing their feet and massaging them, laundering and drying their garments, providing willow tooth-sticks and bath water, dusting and arranging their bedding, folding their quilts and pillows; supplying lamps and candles during the initial and final watches of the night; offering meals before noon, meals after noon, tarpaṇa foods, bhojanīya foods, khādanīya foods, and various syrups and drinks—namely, ariṣṭa drink, drākṣā drink, grape drink, and black molasses syrup—serving them in this way for even a week up to ninety days, wishing to entreat the bodhisattva and listen to the Buddha-Dharma; at that time, though the bodhisattva sees these people making such provisions, their mind is not pleased. Why is this? Because for a long time, throughout countless asaṃkhyeya kalpas, the bodhisattva has sought the Buddha-Dharma; because my mind toward all sentient beings is free from increase or decrease; because of a mind of loving-kindness and compassion; and because of abiding in an equanimous mind, I at times became a wheel-turning sage king, constantly guiding and transforming all sentient beings through the ten virtues. Out of regard for my wishes, they joyfully put them into practice, and after their lives ended, they were born among humans and devas, experiencing the sublime pleasures of the five desires, esteemed, dignified, and noble, having things according to their heart's desire: resting and rising in palaces, riding caparisoned horses, sporting in gardens and parks, amusing themselves with music, and happily eating and drinking. But impermanence suddenly arrived, along with old age, sickness, and death; the men and women of their households were filled with sorrow and anguish, weeping aloud, beating their chests with their hands, sometimes tearing out their hair, swallowing ashes and dirt, fainting and collapsing to the ground, holding banners and riding carriages, weeping as they escorted [the dead]. When the burial was completed, the men and women of the household, supporting one another by the hand, returned to their home, overcome with sorrow and fainting, collapsing to the ground for a long time; at times this brought on sickness, at times madness, and at times it resulted in death. It was a great detriment to the living and of no benefit to the dead.