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法苑珠林 41.5

法苑珠林 41.5

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Classical Chinese

41.5

夫三寶平等曠若虛空。理無怨親事絕貴賤。是以隨力虔誠普供內外。務存遣相冀興普遍。故昔毘舍佉母別請羅漢五百。如來譏訶顯說平等。故知心無限極則遍及十方。財無多少則心周法界也。

Now, the Three Jewels are impartial and vast like empty space; in principle they know neither resentment nor intimacy, and in actuality transcend the noble and base. Therefore, in accordance with one's capacity and with sincere devotion, one makes offerings universally within and without, striving to discard conceptual attachments and aspiring to universal arousal. Thus of old, the Mother of Viśākhā specifically invited five hundred arhats, but the Tathāgata reproached her and clearly expounded impartiality. Hence we know that when the mind is without limit, it reaches across the ten directions; when wealth is neither much nor little, the mind encompasses the dharmadhātu.

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