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說無垢稱經疏 6.5

說無垢稱經疏 6.5

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6.5

贊曰:品段有五,初鶖子念食、二無垢訶止、三命使往求法、四得食而返、五時眾獲益。此初文也。佛制以時,非時勿食,食時既生,所以思惟。摩訶大也,薩埵有情也,簡前小位,言大有情。舊經唯云「菩薩當於何食」,今亦有聲聞。

Commentary: The chapter has five sections: first, Śāriputra thinking of food; second, Vimalakīrti admonishing and stopping him; third, dispatching an emissary to seek the food; fourth, obtaining the food and returning; fifth, the assembly receiving benefit. This is the first passage. The Buddha instituted meal times, forbidding eating at improper times; since mealtime had arrived, he therefore pondered. Mahā means great, sattva means sentient being; to distinguish them from the earlier lesser status, they are called great sentient beings. The older translation only said 'where should the bodhisattvas eat?', but here śrāvakas are also included.

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