[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) › 33.16 # 法苑珠林 33.16 法苑珠林 33.16 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [33.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.33.16) 又譬喻經云。昔有二比丘俱得須陀洹果。一人常行教化乞丐。以用作福布施飯僧。一人但直坐禪自守不樂作福。時坐禪者語乞者言。何不坐禪唐自勤苦。修福者言。佛常亦說比丘云。當修行布施。後俱命終生長者家。乞作福者為長者家子。奴婢承給衣食自然。快樂無極。其坐禪者生為婢子。在地獨坐饑渴啼哭。俱知宿命。時長者子語婢子言。我本語汝。汝當布施不肯用語。是汝自過。何為啼哭。其長者子長大騎乘。出行遊觀一切奴客。及以婢子皆侍從出。後時二人俱求出家。既出家已得阿羅漢果。其長者子常直端坐。人皆競送衣食來與。其婢子者在外乞求人無與者。常受饑渴。以是因緣行道之人。不但持戒禪誦而已。亦當布施作諸福德。故大愛道經。佛說偈云。 > Also, the Avadāna-sūtra says: In the past, there were two bhikṣus who both attained the fruit of srotāpanna. One of them constantly engaged in converting \[beings\] and begging alms, using this to generate merit and give in dāna to feed the Saṃgha. The other merely sat in meditation keeping to himself, taking no pleasure in producing merit. At that time, the meditator said to the beggar: 'Why do you not sit in meditation instead of vainly wearing yourself out?' The cultivator of merit said: 'The Buddha also constantly told the bhikṣus: "You should practice dāna."' Later, both died and were born in an elder's household. The one who begged to make merit became the son of the elder's household; slaves and maidservants attended upon him, clothing and food came to him naturally, and his joy was boundless. The meditator was born as the son of a maidservant; sitting alone on the ground, he wept from hunger and thirst. Both knew their former lives. Then the elder's son said to the maidservant's son: 'I told you originally, "You should practice dāna," but you refused to listen to my words. This is your own fault; why do you weep?' When the elder's son grew up, he rode horses and went out sightseeing, and all the slaves, retainers, and the maidservant's son escorted him in his train. Later, both sought to go forth from the household, and having gone forth, both attained the fruit of arhat. The elder's son constantly sat upright, and people vied to bring clothing and food to give him; the maidservant's son begged outside, but no one gave him anything, and he constantly suffered from hunger and thirst. By this cause and condition, a person who practices the Way should not merely uphold the precepts, meditate, and recite, but should also practice dāna and cultivate all forms of meritorious blessing. Therefore, in the Mahāprajāpatī-sūtra, the Buddha spoke in verse: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 33.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.33.15) - [Next: 33.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.33.17) - [Up: 33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.33) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.33.16) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.33.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.33.16) · Pramāṇa