[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) › [妙法蓮華經玄贊](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1723) › 9.207 # 妙法蓮華經玄贊 9.207 妙法蓮華經玄贊 9.207 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [9.207](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1723.9.207) 贊曰：此六頌頌離四處，一長染、二非器、三非軌、四譏訶。文分為五：一頌長染、非器二緣。二頌重頌惡業。「魁」音苦迴反，師也。「膾」音古外反，割也，細切為膾。「衒」音戶練反，行賣也自媒也。一頌重頌壞亂長染。一頌頌非軌。「屏」音必郢反，蔽也。若隱僻作「偋」，音卑政反，又蒲定反。一頌譏訶。「里」者，五家為隣、五隣為里。二十五家，里居也。方居一里之中。乞食法有十三種：一住正戒，二住正威儀，三住正念，四住正見，五依法，六依時，七依處，八依次，九離貪，十離取著，十一離瞋惱，十二離麁獷，十三離憍慢心。此中初四住正乞食，次四住軌則，後五捨煩惱。如經廣說。乞食為二事：一為自資，行正道故；二為利生，具檀捨故。受者施者各成六度，所以行乞。《纓珞經》乞食為二十事。《寶雲經》說隨所乞得分為四分：一分擬與同梵行者，一分擬施貧下乞兒，一分擬施水陸眾生，一分自食。然以一食供養諸佛及眾賢聖，然後自食，當懷食想，如食曠野子肉等，願得法身離諸過失，念報施主恩如是想食。又如《無垢稱》說大迦葉問疾，無垢示之。 > The commentary states: These six verses summarize distancing from four spheres: first, fostering defilement; second, not being a vessel; third, non-standard behavior; fourth, ridicule and reproach. The text is divided into five: one verse summarizes the two conditions of fostering defilement and not being a vessel. Two verses recapitulate evil deeds. "Kuí" (魁) is pronounced with the fanqie ku-hui (苦迴); it means a head or ringleader. "Kuài" (膾) is pronounced gu-wai (古外); it means to cut, finely slicing is kuài. "Xuàn" (衒) is pronounced hu-lian (戶練); it means peddling on foot or advertising oneself. One verse recapitulates corruption/confusion and fostering defilement. One verse summarizes non-standard behavior. "Bǐng" (屏) is pronounced bi-ying (必郢); it means secluded or concealed. If written as concealed and secluded as "bǐng" (偋), it is pronounced bei-zheng (卑政), or pu-ding (蒲定). One verse summarizes ridicule and reproach. As for "lǐ" (里, village/neighborhood), five households make a lín (隣), and five lín make a lǐ. Twenty-five households constitute a neighborhood dwelling (lǐjū). One resides precisely within one neighborhood. The method of begging for food has thirteen kinds: 1. abiding in proper morality; 2. abiding in proper deportment; 3. abiding in proper mindfulness; 4. abiding in proper views; 5. relying on the Dharma; 6. relying on the proper time; 7. relying on the proper place; 8. relying on the proper sequence; 9. being free from greed; 10. being free from grasping; 11. being free from anger and vexation; 12. being free from coarseness and roughness; 13. being free from a haughty and arrogant mind. Herein, the first four abide in proper begging for food; the next four abide in standard procedures; the last five abandon afflictions. It is explained extensively as in the sūtras. Begging for food is done for two matters: first, to sustain oneself in order to practice the proper path; second, to benefit sentient beings so that they may fulfill giving. The recipient and the giver each accomplish the six perfections; hence one practices begging for food. The Yingluo jing says begging for food is done for twenty matters. The Baoyun jing explains that whatever one receives through begging is divided into four portions: one portion is intended for fellow practitioners of pure conduct (brahmacārin), one portion is intended for giving to impoverished beggars, one portion is intended for giving to creatures of water and land, and one portion is for one's own consumption. Moreover, using a single meal, one makes offerings to all buddhas and the assembly of worthy and noble ones, and only afterward eats it oneself. One should conceive thoughts regarding the food as like eating the flesh of one's own child in the wilderness and so forth, vowing to attain the Dharma-body free of all faults, and being mindful of repaying the kindness of the donor. One should regard the food with such thoughts. Furthermore, it is as when the Vimalakīrtinirdeśa explains Mahākāśyapa inquiring after \[Vimalakīrti's\] illness, and Vimalakīrti instructing him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 9.206](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1723.9.206) - [Next: 9.208](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1723.9.208) - [Up: 9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1723.9) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1723~en-mt.9.207) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [金剛般若經疏](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2741.1.23) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1723.9.207](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1723.9.207) · Pramāṇa