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《寶梁經》云：「比丘不修比丘法，大千無唾處，況受人供養？六十比丘悲泣白佛：『我等乍死，不能受人供養。』佛言：『汝起慚愧心，善哉！善哉！』一比丘白佛：『何等比丘能受供養？』佛言：『若在比丘數，修僧業，得僧利者，是人能受供養。四果、四向是僧數，三十七品是僧業，四果是僧利。』比丘重白佛：『若發大乘心者，復云何？』佛言：『若發大乘心，求一切智，不墮數，不修業，不得利，能受供養。』比丘驚問：『云何是人能受供養？』佛言：『是人受衣用敷大地，受摶食若須彌山，亦能畢報施主之恩。』」當知小乘之極果不及大乘之初初。

The Ratnarāśi-sūtra says: ‘If a bhikṣu does not cultivate the bhikṣu Dharma, in the great trichiliocosm there is not even a place for him to spit, much less receive offerings from others.’ Sixty bhikṣus wept bitterly and said to the Buddha: ‘We would rather die than receive offerings from others.’ The Buddha said: ‘You have aroused a mind of shame and conscience—excellent, excellent!’ A bhikṣu said to the Buddha: ‘What kind of bhikṣu can receive offerings?’ The Buddha said: ‘If one is counted among bhikṣus, cultivates the saṅgha’s work, and attains the saṅgha’s benefit, this person can receive offerings. The four fruits and four directions are the saṅgha’s count; the thirty-seven factors are the saṅgha’s work; the four fruits are the saṅgha’s benefit.’ The bhikṣu again said to the Buddha: ‘If one arousing the mind of the Mahāyāna, how is it then?’ The Buddha said: ‘If one arousing the mind of the Mahāyāna seeks sarvajñā, not falling into the count, not cultivating the work, and not attaining the benefit, he can receive offerings.’ The bhikṣu asked in astonishment: ‘How can this person receive offerings?’ The Buddha said: ‘Even if this person receives robes to spread across the great earth, and receives almsfood like Mount Sumeru, he can completely repay the donor's kindness.’ One should know that the ultimate fruit of the Hīnayāna does not equal the very beginning of the Mahāyāna.