[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) › [仁王經疏](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1708) › 3.505 # 仁王經疏 3.505 仁王經疏 3.505 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.505](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1708.3.505) 釋曰：第二、立四邪教。一立統官制眾、安籍記僧，不依僧法過。二比丘地立、白衣高坐，此即失高下相。此有兩釋。一云：於僧地中，白衣高坐。二云：同處比丘下立、白衣高坐。三兵奴為比丘，便違福田尊貴之相。四受別請者，失福田相，是外道法，非吾法也。是故《比丘應供法行經》云「若我弟子有受別請者，是人定失一果二果三果四果，不名比丘。是其不得國王地行、不得飲食國王水，有五百大鬼常遮其前。是比丘七劫不見佛、佛不授手，不得受檀越物。五千大鬼常隨其後，言佛法中大賊。諸比丘應作次第請僧，七佛法如是。次第僧中，有佛化僧、四道果僧、菩薩僧、七賢僧、凡夫僧，欲使四方檀越得如是僧故，莫別受請。」具說如彼。又《梵網經》云「一切不得受別請，利養入己。而此利養屬十方僧，而別受請，即取十方僧物入己。」又云「次第請者，即得十方賢聖僧。而世人別請五百羅漢，不如一僧次一凡夫僧。若別請者，是外道法，七佛無也。」具說如彼。《居士請僧福田經》大意亦同。 > Explanation: Second, establishing the four heterodox teachings. First, establishing administrative officials to regulate the assembly and setting up registers to record the Saṃgha, which is the fault of not relying on the Dharma of the Saṃgha. Second, bhikṣus standing on the ground and white-robed laity sitting high: this is losing the marks of high and low. There are two explanations of this: One says that on the grounds of the Saṃgha, white-robed laity sit high. The other says that in the same place, bhikṣus stand low while white-robed laity sit high. Third, soldiers and slaves becoming bhikṣus directly violates the noble marks of the field of merit. Fourth, those who accept individual invitations lose the marks of the field of merit; it is a non-Buddhist practice, not my Dharma. Therefore the Bhikṣu-yogyadharmacaryā Sūtra says: "If any disciple of mine accepts an individual invitation, this person will certainly lose the first fruit, the second fruit, the third fruit, and the fourth fruit, and is not called a bhikṣu. Such a one cannot walk on the king's land, cannot drink the king's water, and five hundred great ghosts will constantly obstruct them from the front. This bhikṣu will not see a Buddha for seven kalpas, the Buddhas will not extend their hands to him, and he cannot receive donors' goods. Five thousand great ghosts will constantly follow behind him, saying: 'A great thief within the Buddha-Dharma!' Bhikṣus should take invitations to the Saṃgha in proper order; such is the Dharma of the seven Buddhas. Within the Saṃgha invited in order, there is the Saṃgha transformed by Buddhas, the Saṃgha of the four fruits of the path, the Saṃgha of bodhisattvas, the Saṃgha of the seven worthies, and the Saṃgha of ordinary people. In order that donors from the four directions may obtain such a Saṃgha, do not accept individual invitations." It is fully explained like that. Also, the Brahmā's Net Sūtra says: "Under no circumstances may one accept an individual invitation for offerings to enter oneself. Since these offerings belong to the Saṃgha of the ten directions, accepting an individual invitation means taking the goods of the Saṃgha of the ten directions for oneself." It also says: "One who invites in proper order obtains the worthy and sage Saṃgha of the ten directions. But for worldly people to individually invite five hundred arhats is not as good as having one ordinary monk in a Saṃgha order. If one accepts individual invitations, it is a non-Buddhist practice; none of the seven Buddhas had it." It is fully explained like that. The general meaning of the Householder Inviting the Saṃgha as a Field of Merit Sūtra is also the same. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.504](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1708.3.504) - [Next: 3.506](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1708.3.506) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1708.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1708~en-mt.3.505) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1708.3.505](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1708.3.505) · Pramāṇa