[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) › 49.9 # 法苑珠林 49.9 法苑珠林 49.9 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [49.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.49.9) 又增一阿含經云。爾時世尊告諸比丘。有二法與凡夫人得大功德成大果報。一供養父母。二供養一生補處菩薩。施此二人獲大功德受大果報。若復有人。以父著左肩上。以母著右肩上。至千萬歲。衣被飯食床榻臥具病瘦醫藥。即於肩上放𡱁尿。猶不能得報恩。當知父母恩重。施育之時將護不失時節。供養孝順。 > Moreover, the Ekottarika Āgama says: At that time, the World-Honoured One addressed the monks: 'There are two dharmas that grant an ordinary person great merit and accomplish great retribution. First, making offerings to parents. Second, making offerings to a bodhisattva bound to one last birth. Giving to these two persons obtains great merit and receives great retribution. Furthermore, if a person were to bear their father upon the left shoulder and their mother upon the right shoulder for tens of millions of years, providing clothing, bedding, food, couches, sickbed medicines, and even if they were to discharge feces and urine right upon the shoulders, one still could not repay their kindness. You should know that parental kindness is weighty. When they nourish and raise you, they protect you without missing the proper season. Offer them support and be filial and obedient.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 49.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.49.8) - [Next: 49.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.49.10) - [Up: 49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.49) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.49.9) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.49.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.49.9) · Pramāṇa