[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) › [法苑珠林](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122) › 25.8 # 法苑珠林 25.8 法苑珠林 25.8 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [25.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.25.8) 第二論云。憂留毘迦葉所以稱第一者。乃宿世已來兄弟三人。常有千弟子相隨。今遇佛得度俱得羅漢。四事供養。由此而興將護聖眾。故供養中第一也。 > Second, the treatise states: The reason why Uruvilvā-Kāśyapa is called foremost is that from past lives onward, the three brothers were always accompanied by one thousand disciples. Now encountering the Buddha, they achieved liberation and all attained arhatship. The four requisites of offerings arose from this, thus sustaining and protecting the holy assembly; hence he is the foremost among receivers of offerings. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 25.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.25.7) - [Next: 25.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.25.9) - [Up: 25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.25) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.25.8) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [分別功德論](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1507.4.9) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.25.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.25.8) · Pramāṇa