[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) › 41.43 # 法苑珠林 41.43 法苑珠林 41.43 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [41.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.41.43) 又十誦律云。鹿子母別請五百羅漢。佛言。無智不善。若於僧中次請一人者。得大功德果報利益。勝別請五百羅漢。一切遠近無不悉聞。又請僧福田經及仁王經。種種訶責不許別請。若別請者。是外道法。非七佛法。 > Also, the Daśabhāṇavāra-vinaya says: 'When the Mother of Mṛgāra specifically invited five hundred arhats, the Buddha said: "This is unwise and unwholesome. If one invites even a single person in the regular sequence within the saṃgha, the great merit, retribution, and benefit obtained surpasses specifically inviting five hundred arhats; all far and near hear of this without exception." Furthermore, the Sūtra on the Field of Merit in Inviting the Saṃgha and the Humane Kings Sūtra rebuke this in various ways, not permitting specific invitations. If one makes specific invitations, that is a method of non-Buddhists, not the method of the seven Buddhas.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 41.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.41.42) - [Next: 41.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.41.44) - [Up: 41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.41) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.41.43) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [諸經要集](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.5.31) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.41.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.41.43) · Pramāṇa