大方便佛報恩經 7.13

7.13

佛告阿難：「若有善男子、善女人知恩報恩，當行四事：一者，親近善友；二者，至心聽法；三者，思惟其義；四者，如說修行。復有四法：一者，隨法不隨人；二者，隨義不隨字；三者，隨智不隨識；四者，隨了義經，不隨不了義經。行此八法，名為知恩。復行八法，是名報恩。何等為八？一者，利；二者，衰；三者，毀；四者，譽；五者，稱；六者，譏；七者，苦；八者，樂。復行四事，是名知恩，亦名報恩：一者，見惡眾生，心生憐愍，以修慈因緣故；二者，見苦眾生，目不暫捨，起悲因緣故；三者，見師長、父母、有德之人，心情歡悅，起喜因緣故；四者，見怨家眾生，心不瞋恚，修捨因緣故。」

The Buddha said to Ānanda: 'If there are good men and good women who know kindness and repay kindness, they should practice four things: first, associate with good friends; second, listen to the Dharma with a sincere heart; third, contemplate its meaning; fourth, cultivate practice in accordance with what has been taught. Furthermore, there are four dharmas: first, rely on the Dharma and not on the person; second, rely on the meaning and not on the letter; third, rely on wisdom and not on consciousness; fourth, rely on sutras of definitive meaning and not on sutras of provisional meaning. Practicing these eight dharmas is called knowing kindness. Furthermore, practicing eight dharmas is called repaying kindness. What are the eight? First, gain; second, loss; third, dishonor; fourth, honor; fifth, praise; sixth, blame; seventh, suffering; eighth, joy. Furthermore, practicing four things is called knowing kindness and also called repaying kindness: first, seeing evil sentient beings, feeling compassion in one's heart, by reason of cultivating loving-kindness; second, seeing suffering sentient beings, not looking away from them even for a moment, by reason of giving rise to compassion; third, seeing teachers, parents, and virtuous people, feeling joy in one's heart, by reason of giving rise to sympathetic joy; fourth, seeing hostile sentient beings, having no anger in one's heart, by reason of cultivating equanimity.'