[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [念佛鏡](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1966) › 2.10 # 念佛鏡 2.10 念佛鏡 2.10 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1966.2.10) 答：「念佛法中，通許僧食及坐僧床并過齋。何以故？為念佛猶如國王，亦如王子，堪受國王祿抍，堪受如來作廕；又佛猶如父母，念佛人猶如男女，合得父母飯食、衣服、床榻、臥具，所以通坐僧床及喫僧食并復過齋。難云：不坐僧床、不喫僧食，即是修道者，邊地下賤可應是修道人。何以故？邊地下賤不坐僧床、不喫僧食，彼邊地下賤既是非曰道，故此三階亦非修道。」 > Answer: "In the teaching of buddhānusmṛti, eating the saṃgha's food, sitting on the saṃgha's beds, and eating after midday are universally permitted. Why is this? Because one who practices buddhānusmṛti is like a king, and also like a prince, worthy of receiving the king's emoluments, and worthy of receiving the Tathāgata's protection. Moreover, the Buddha is like a parent, and practitioners of buddhānusmṛti are like sons and daughters; they rightfully receive their parents' food, drink, clothing, beds, couches, and bedding. Therefore it is universally permitted to sit on the saṃgha's beds, eat the saṃgha's food, and also eat after midday. If one objects: 'Not sitting on the saṃgha's beds and not eating the saṃgha's food constitutes cultivating the path,' then base and lowly people in the borderlands should be cultivators of the path. Why is this? Base and lowly people in the borderlands do not sit on the saṃgha's beds and do not eat the saṃgha's food. Since those base and lowly people in the borderlands are not said to be on the path, these Three Levels are likewise not cultivating the path." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1966.2.9) - [Next: 2.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1966.2.11) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1966.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1966~en-mt.2.10) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1966.2.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1966.2.10) · Pramāṇa