[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) › [佛祖統紀](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035) › 33.43 # 佛祖統紀 33.43 佛祖統紀 33.43 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [33.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.33.43) 述曰。妙樂云。世人設六道者。是梁武見江東多淫祀（殺生命祭邪鬼）乃以相似佛法。權宜替之。此蓋荊溪一往以祭祀惡法對佛法論之。將以止天下之殺。故未論十界等供之義。焰口經。令供養三寶即是四聖。供婆羅門仙即是人道。供焰口眾即是鬼道。餘四道雖不備。蓋是當時赴機未普。故經文隱略耳。若大乘行人。圓觀法界。則當依淨名經中義。若慈雲謂鬼道得食餘五道不得者。此等意亦是用婆沙論云若因祭祀唯鬼神得之餘趣不可盡得。此是約人世祭祀言之耳。若依出世法。用平等心修無礙供。則當仰觀淨名南岳天台三處之文。則理無不在。今有營小斛曰散灑者。或一巨斛者。或至四十九斛者。皆所以等供六道群品也。可不信哉。 > I comment: The Miaole states, 'People in the world establishing \[offerings to\] the six destinies began when Emperor Wu of Liang saw many licentious sacrifices in Jiangdong (slaughtering living beings to sacrifice to evil spirits); he thus used similar Buddhist teachings to expediently replace them.' This was Jingxi taking the evil practice of sacrificial slaughter and contrasting it against the Buddha Dharma from one perspective, intending thereby to halt killing throughout the world; hence he did not discuss the meaning of equal offerings to the ten realms. The Flaming Mouth Scripture instructs making offerings to the Three Jewels, which are the four noble realms; offering to brāhmaṇas and ṛṣis, which is the human destiny; and offering to the flaming-mouth assembly, which is the ghost destiny. Although the remaining four destinies are not complete, this was because at that time the response to capacity was not universal; hence the scriptural text was concealed and abbreviated. If one is a Mahāyāna practitioner who completely contemplates the Dharma realm, one should rely on the meaning in the Vimalakīrti-nirdeśa-sūtra. As for Ciyun's statement that the ghost destiny receives food while the other five destinies do not, this opinion also employs the \*Vibhāṣā-śāstra\*, which states that through sacrificial offerings only ghosts and spirits receive it, while the other destinies cannot entirely receive it; this was spoken in reference to worldly sacrifices among humans. If one relies on the supramundane Dharma and cultivates unhindered offerings with an equanimous mind, one should look up to the texts of these three places—the Vimalakīrti-nirdeśa, Nanyue, and Tiantai—and their principle will be found everywhere. Nowadays, some prepare small bushels called 'scattered libations', some prepare one giant bushel, and some reach up to forty-nine bushels; all are means to equally offer to the multitudinous classes of the six destinies. How could one not believe in it? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 33.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.33.42) - [Next: 33.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.33.44) - [Up: 33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.33) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035~en-mt.33.43) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.33.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.33.43) · Pramāṇa