[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) › [大方便佛報恩經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.156) › 3.56 # 大方便佛報恩經 3.56 大方便佛報恩經 3.56 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.156.3.56) 佛告諸弟子：「當護於口，口之過患，甚於猛火。父母眾僧，宜應讚歎軟語，常念其恩。眾僧者，出三界之福田；父母者，三界內最勝福田。何以故？眾僧之中，有四雙、八輩、十二賢士，供之得福，進可成道。父母者，十月懷抱，推乾去濕，乳哺長大，教誨技藝，隨時將養，及其出家修得解脫，度生死海，自利兼利一切眾生。」 > The Buddha told the disciples: “You should guard the mouth; the fault and peril of the mouth is worse than a raging fire. Toward parents and the saṃgha, one should speak with praise and gentle words, constantly mindful of their kindness. The saṃgha is a field of merit beyond the three realms; parents are the supreme field of merit within the three realms. Why is this? Within the saṃgha are the four pairs, eight types, and twelve worthy sages; offering to them yields merit, and advancing \[in practice\] one can realize the path. As for parents, they carry \[the child\] in their arms for ten months, turning the dry and removing the wet, suckling and nurturing them to adulthood, teaching them skills, caring for them as needed; and when \[the child\] goes forth from household life and practices to attain liberation, crossing the sea of birth and death, they benefit both themselves and all sentient beings.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.156.3.55) - [Next: 3.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.156.3.57) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.156.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.156~en-mt.3.56) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [ཐབས་མཁས་པ་ཆེན་པོ་སངས་རྒྱས་དྲིན་ལན་བསབ་པའི་མདོ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.tibet.kangyur.mdo_sde.353.3.26) — Classical Tibetan --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.156.3.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.156.3.56) · Pramāṇa