注維摩詰經 2.354
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2.354
[Seng]zhao says: He uses this opportunity to instruct on the method of giving without obstruction. If one can equalize the wrong and the right, and can also give with an equal mind a single meal to all sentient beings and make offerings to all the buddhas and worthy sages, only then can one eat the food of others. As for giving without obstruction: whenever one receives food, one must first form the intention to give it to all sentient beings, and only thereafter eat it oneself. If one attains the dharmakāya, then one can truly satisfy everyone, as in the later case of the single bowl of rice. If one has not yet attained the dharmakāya, merely forming the intention to give equally constitutes the method of giving without obstruction. [Dao]sheng says: When begging for food and obtaining good food while eating among the community, one must first distribute it to senior and junior seats as an offering. If one is equal to liberation, then there is nothing one cannot offer. Since one's power is like this, only thereafter can one certainly bring merit to that person.
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