[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) › [龍舒增廣淨土文](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1970) › 6.18 # 龍舒增廣淨土文 6.18 龍舒增廣淨土文 6.18 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [6.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1970.6.18) 得人三千而不以為多者，貪也。自費兩千而遂以為多者，吝也。貪吝之失，眾人所同，而不自覺。若能去此，方為賢者。如是則善業無不可為、惡業無不可戒。何則？不吝財以為善、不貪財以為惡故也。若如是以修淨土，必不在下品生矣。又能轉以化人，使更相勸化人，則以己無貪吝之心，必加尊敬而樂從其化，所化必廣，上品往生復何疑哉？生前之福報亦可立而見矣。此不可以言盡，行者當自知之。 > To receive three thousand from others and not consider it much is greed. To spend two thousand oneself and promptly consider it too much is miserliness. The fault of greed and stinginess is shared by the multitude, yet they do not perceive it in themselves. Only if one can discard this can one become a worthy person. In this way, there is no wholesome karma that cannot be done, and no unwholesome karma that cannot be abstained from. Why? Because one is not stingy with wealth for doing good, nor greedy for wealth to do evil. If one cultivates the Pure Land in this manner, one will certainly not be born in the lowest grade. Furthermore, if one can turn around to transform others, causing them to exhort and transform one another in turn, then because one is free from the mind of greed and stinginess, others will certainly hold one in greater respect and gladly follow one's teaching. Those transformed will certainly be many; what doubt can there be of rebirth in the highest grade? The retribution of blessings during one's lifetime can also be seen immediately. This cannot be fully expressed in words; practitioners should know it for themselves. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 6.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1970.6.17) - [Next: 6.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1970.6.19) - [Up: 6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1970.6) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1970~en-mt.6.18) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1970.6.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1970.6.18) · Pramāṇa