[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) › 41.46 # 法苑珠林 41.46 法苑珠林 41.46 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [41.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.41.46) 若有出家在家一切檀越。請僧福田。求願之時。應入僧房問知事人。今欲次第請者。即得十方賢聖僧。而世人別請五百羅漢菩薩僧。不如僧次一凡夫僧。若別請僧者。是外道法。七佛無別請法。不順孝道。若故別請僧者。犯輕垢罪。 > ‘If any dānapatis, whether monastic or lay, invite the field of merit that is the saṃgha to make vows, they should enter the monastic quarters and ask the administrator. If they invite in order, they immediately obtain the noble saṃgha of the ten directions. But worldly people specifically inviting a saṃgha of five hundred arhats and bodhisattvas does not equal one ordinary monk invited in the order of the saṃgha. If one specifically invites monks, that is a method of non-Buddhists; the seven Buddhas have no practice of specific invitations, which does not accord with filial piety. If one deliberately invites monks specifically, one commits an infraction of light defilement.’ > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 41.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.41.45) - [Next: 41.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.41.47) - [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.41.46) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.41.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.41.46) · Pramāṇa