法苑珠林 33.23

33.23

又罪福決疑經云。僧尼白衣等。或自捨財及勸化得物擬佛受用經營。人將此物造作鳥獸形像安佛槃上者。計損滿五犯逆罪究竟不還。一劫墮阿鼻地獄。贖香油燈供養者無犯。佛不求利無人堪消。初獻佛時上中下座。必教白衣奉佛及僧。獻佛竟行與僧食不犯。若不爾者食佛物故。千億歲墮阿鼻地獄。檀越不受前教亦招前報。若生人間。九百萬歲墮下賤生。何以故。佛物無人能評價故。

Furthermore, the *Zuifu jueyi jing* says: When monks, nuns, laypeople, and others give their own wealth or solicit goods intended for the Buddha's use and service, and someone uses these goods to fashion figures of birds and beasts and places them on the Buddha's offering plate: if the loss amounts to five [coins], they commit an inexpiable transgression from which they never return, falling into the Avīci Hell for a kalpa. Those who redeem them with incense, oil, and lamps for offering commit no offense. The Buddha does not seek profit, and no person can assimilate it. When first making offerings to the Buddha, whether senior, middle, or junior seated monks, they must teach the laypeople to present them to the Buddha and the Saṃgha. If, after the offering to the Buddha is finished, it is distributed to the monks to eat, there is no offense. If not, because they eat the Buddha's goods, they fall into the Avīci Hell for a thousand billion years. A dānapati who does not accept the earlier teaching will also incur the earlier retribution. If born among humans, for nine million years he will be born in low and base stations. Why? Because no one can set a price on the Buddha's property.