四分律刪繁補闕行事鈔 1.347

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佛法中無貴賤親疎，唯以有法平等，應同護之。人來乞索，一無與法；若隨情輒與，即壞法也。俗人本非應齋食者，然須借問，能齋，與食；不能齋者，示語因果，使信罪福，知非為吝，懷歡而退（此中非生人好處，非生人惡處；不得一向瞋人，一向任人不齋者而食；必須去情存道，善知處量也）。是以謹守佛教，慎護僧法，是第一慈悲人，現在未來一切眾生離苦得樂故。若不守佛教，隨情壞法（謂聽俗人不齋而食，有來乞請，隨情輒與），令諸眾生不知道俗之分，而破壞僧法，毀損三歸。既無三歸，遠離三寶，令諸眾生沈沒罪河，流入苦海。失於利樂，皆由壞法。是以不守佛教，不閑律藏，缺示群生，自昏時網，名第一無慈悲人也！若接待惡賊，非理愚夫，說導不能受悟；義須準教當擬，具如〈隨相〉中。

In the Buddha's Dharma there is no distinction between noble and base, intimate and distant; only where there is Dharma are all equal, and all should preserve it together. When people come begging, in principle nothing should be given; if one gives thoughtlessly out of personal sentiment, that destroys the Dharma. Laypeople are originally not entitled to eat the saṃgha's midday meal; yet one must inquire: if they can observe the purification precepts, give them food; if they cannot, instruct them on cause and effect so that they believe in offenses and merit, know it is not out of stinginess, and depart rejoicing. (Here, it is not a matter of currying favor with people, nor of harboring ill will; one must neither become angry at people without exception, nor casually indulge those who do not observe the purification precepts to eat. One must cast aside personal sentiment and preserve the Path, skillfully discerning appropriate measures.) Therefore, scrupulously keeping the Buddha's teachings and prudently guarding the saṃgha's rules makes one a person of foremost compassion, because it enables all sentient beings of the present and future to leave suffering and attain bliss. If one does not keep the Buddha's teachings and destroys the Dharma out of personal sentiment (meaning, allowing laypeople to eat without observing the purification precepts, or casually giving whatever is asked out of emotion), one causes sentient beings not to know the distinction between the secular and the ordained, destroying the saṃgha's rules and defiling the three refuges. Lacking the three refuges and remaining far removed from the three jewels, sentient beings sink into the river of offenses and drift into the ocean of suffering. Losing benefit and bliss all stems from destroying the Dharma. Therefore, one who fails to keep the Buddha's teachings, is ignorant of the Vinaya-piṭaka, fails to instruct the multitudes, and clouds oneself in the worldly net, is called a person devoid of the foremost compassion! If one receives evil bandits or irrational fools who cannot accept instruction or awaken, one must handle them in accordance with the teachings as appropriate, as fully detailed in the "In Accordance with the Marks" chapter.