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# 注維摩詰經 6.194

注維摩詰經 6.194

- **Language:** Classical Chinese

### [6.194](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1775.6.194)

什曰：無宅無神，隨宅主有優劣，故神有精麁。未曾有室，故以天女為神也。生曰：外國亦以神為天也。夫有福之家必有福神附焉，是以菩薩託為之矣。是入生死事也。

> \[Kumāra\]jīva says: No residence lacks a spirit. According to the master of the residence, whether superior or inferior, the spirit is refined or coarse. Because this was an unprecedented room, a goddess served as its spirit. \[Dao\]sheng says: In foreign countries, spirits are also called devas. A household that possesses merit inevitably has a meritorious spirit attached to it; therefore, the bodhisattva assumed this role. This is a matter of entering into saṃsāra.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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- [維摩經略疏垂裕記](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1779.9.117) — Classical Chinese

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