[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) › [萬善同歸集](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2017) › 2.61 # 萬善同歸集 2.61 萬善同歸集 2.61 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2017.2.61) 「又福業弘深，凡聖俱濟。福是安樂之本，智為解脫之門，以此二輪不可暫失。乃成佛之正轍，實拔苦之深因。恭惟無上寶王、十方慈父，作大福聚、具功德身，尚乃親對大眾，起禮骨塔；躬為弟子，不棄穿針。豈況下劣凡形，薄福尠德，闡提不信，我慢貢高，恥作低心，頓遺小善。《像法決疑經》云：『佛言：「若復有人，見他修福及施貧窮，譏毀之，言：『此邪命人，求覓名利；出家之人，何用布施？但修禪定、智慧之業，何用紛動無益之事？』作是念者，是魔眷屬。其人命終墮大地獄，經歷受苦；從地獄出墮餓鬼中，於五百身墮在狗中；從狗出已，五百世中常生貧賤，受種種苦。何以故？由於前世，見他施時，不隨喜故。」』論云：『福德是菩薩摩訶薩根本，能滿願。一切聖入所共讚歎；無智人所毀呰。智人所行處；無智人所遠離。是福德因緣故，作人王、轉輪聖王、天王、阿羅漢、辟支佛、諸佛世尊，大慈大悲，十力、四無所畏、一切種智，自在無閡，皆從福德中生。』又云：『須菩提問：「以畢竟空中，無有福與非福。何故但以福德而得佛？」答：「以世諦中，有福故得。」』須菩提為眾生著無所有故問；佛以不著有故答。所謂：精進修福，尚不可得；何況不修福德。如受乞食道人，至一聚落，從一家至一家，乞食不得。見一餓狗飢臥，以杖打之。言：『汝畜生無智，我種種因緣，家家求食尚不得，何況汝臥而望得耶！』 > "Furthermore, karmic deeds of merit are vast and profound, rescuing both ordinary people and sages. Merit is the foundation of peace and joy; wisdom is the gateway to liberation. These two wheels must not be lost even for a moment. They are the correct track for becoming a Buddha and truly the deep cause for uprooting suffering. When we respectfully contemplate the Unexcelled Treasure King, the Compassionate Father of the ten directions, who accomplished the great mass of merit and was endowed with the body of virtues—even he personally faced the great assembly, arose, and bowed to a stūpa of relics; he himself did not refuse to thread a needle for a disciple. How much more so for those of inferior, ordinary form, with sparse merit and meager virtue, who lack faith like icchantikas, are conceited and arrogant, feel ashamed to humble their minds, and instantly abandon minor good deeds! The Sūtra on the Resolution of Doubts Concerning the Semblance Dharma says: 'The Buddha said: "If someone sees another cultivating merit and giving to the poor, and sneers at and defames him, saying: 'This person of wrong livelihood is seeking fame and gain; what use does a person who has left the household have for giving? One should only cultivate the practices of dhyāna and wisdom; what use are bustling, useless matters?' One who conceives such a thought belongs to Māra's retinue. When that person dies, he will fall into the great hells and endure suffering through the kalpas. Emerging from the hells, he will fall among the hungry ghosts; for five hundred lifetimes he will fall among dogs; after emerging from being a dog, for five hundred lifetimes he will always be born into poverty and lowliness, enduring all kinds of suffering. Why is this? Because in a past life, upon seeing another giving, he did not rejoice in accord with it."' The treatise says: 'Merit is the root of the bodhisattva mahāsattvas; it can fulfill wishes. It is praised together by all holy beings, but defamed by the unwise. It is the realm where wise people walk, and what the unwise stay far away from. Because of the causes and conditions of this merit, becoming a human king, a cakravartin, a heavenly king, an arhat, a pratyekabuddha, or the Buddhas, the World-Honored Ones—with great compassion, the ten powers, the four fearlessnesses, and all-inclusive wisdom (sarvākārajñatā)—all unimpeded ease arises from merit.' It also says: 'Subhūti asked: "Since in ultimate emptiness there is neither merit nor non-merit, why is Buddhahood attained solely through merit?" The answer is: "Because in conventional truth, merit exists, it is attained." Subhūti asked because sentient beings cling to non-existence; the Buddha answered because of non-clinging to existence. That is to say: even if one vigorously cultivates merit, \[Buddhahood\] is difficult to attain, how much more so if one does not cultivate merit! It is like a mendicant who went to a village, begging for food from house to house without receiving any. Seeing a starving dog lying down hungry, he beat it with his staff and said: "You ignorant beast! With all my various efforts seeking food from house to house, I still could not get any, so how could you hope to get it just lying there!"' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2017.2.60) - [Next: 2.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2017.2.62) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2017.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2017~en-mt.2.61) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2017.2.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2017.2.61) · Pramāṇa