[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) › 46.16 # 法苑珠林 46.16 法苑珠林 46.16 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [46.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.46.16) 又大集經云。或作比丘所得種種資生之具。皆是信心檀越所施。而是眾生。或自食噉或與他人。或共眾人盜竊隱藏私處自用。如是業故。墮三惡道久受勤苦。復有眾生貧窮下賤不得自在。是故出家望得富饒解脫安樂。既出家已懈怠懶墮。不讀誦經。禪慧精勤捨而不習。樂知僧事。復有比丘晝夜精勤。樂修善法讀誦經典。坐禪習慧不捨須臾。以是因緣。感諸四輩種種供養。時知事人得利養已。或自私食。或復盜與親舊俗人。以是等緣久處惡道。出已還入如是愚冥。不見當來果報輕重。我今戒勅沙門弟子念法住持。不得自稱我是沙門真法行人。倚眾僧故受他信施物。或餅或菜或菓或華。但是眾僧所食之物。不得輒與一切俗人。亦不得云此是我物別眾而食。又亦不得以眾僧物貯積興生種種販賣云有利益招世譏嫌。又亦不得出貴收賤與世爭利。又亦不得為於飲食及僧因緣使諸眾生墮三惡道。應須勸引安善法中令比丘眾真信三寶。攝諸眾生乃至父母。令得安隱置三解脫。 > Furthermore, the Mahāsaṃnipāta-sūtra states: When one becomes a monk, all the various requisites of life that one obtains are given by faithful donors. Yet some beings either consume them themselves or give them to others, or conspire with a group to steal, conceal, and secretly use them in private. Due to such karma, they fall into the three evil destinies and endure intense suffering for a long time. Furthermore, there are beings who are poor, lowly, and unfree; they therefore go forth into the homeless life hoping to obtain wealth, liberation, peace, and happiness. Yet having gone forth, they become indolent and lazy, neither reading nor reciting the sūtras, abandoning vigorous practice of meditation and wisdom without cultivating them, and taking pleasure only in administering monastic affairs. Furthermore, there are monks who are diligent day and night, delighting in cultivating wholesome dharmas, reading and reciting the scriptures, and sitting in meditation to cultivate wisdom without relinquishing it for an instant. Because of this, they inspire the fourfold assembly to make various offerings. At that time, those in charge of monastic affairs, having obtained these offerings, either privately eat them themselves or steal and give them to acquaintances and laypeople. Because of such conditions, they remain for a long time in the evil destinies; emerging, they return again, being so foolish and blind that they do not see the gravity of future retributions. I now admonish and command my śramaṇa disciples to be mindful of maintaining the Dharma. They must not claim of themselves: ‘I am a śramaṇa, a true practitioner of the Dharma,’ and relying on the Saṃgha receive the offerings of faith from others—whether pastries, vegetables, fruits, or flowers—and, as long as it is food for the Saṃgha, casually give it to any layperson; nor must they say, ‘This is my own property,’ and eat it apart from the assembly. Furthermore, they must not stockpile the property of the Saṃgha, engage in business, or carry out various types of trade, claiming it is profitable while incurring worldly criticism and reproach. Nor must they sell high and buy low, competing for profit with the world. Nor must they, for the sake of food or Saṃgha affairs, cause living beings to fall into the three evil destinies. They must encourage, guide, and establish people in wholesome dharmas, causing the assembly of monks to have true faith in the Three Jewels, and gather in living beings up to one’s parents, causing them to attain peace and ease and establishing them in the three liberations. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 46.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.46.15) - [Next: 46.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.46.17) - [Up: 46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.46) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.46.16) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [大方等大集經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.mahasamnipata.mahavaipulyamahasannipatasutra*zh-dharmaksema.44.70) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.46.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.46.16) · Pramāṇa