[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) › 62.31 # 法苑珠林 62.31 法苑珠林 62.31 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [62.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.62.31) 又智度論云。如慈心念諸眾生令得快樂。眾生雖無所得念者。大得其福。若不樂施。縱生天得聖還乏衣食。故優婆塞戒經云。持戒雖得羅漢不遮飢苦。生天不得上食瓔珞。若樂行施。雖墮鬼畜常飽無乏。 > Furthermore, the Mahāprajñāpāramitā-śāstra says: Just as when one mindfully regards sentient beings with loving-kindness to make them happy, though the sentient beings obtain nothing, the one who contemplates obtains great merit. If one does not delight in giving, even if one is born in heaven or attains sagehood, one will still lack clothing and food. Therefore, the Upāsakaśīla-sūtra says: "Although keeping the precepts allows one to attain arhatship, it does not avert hunger and suffering; being born in heaven, one does not obtain superior food and necklaces. If one delights in practicing giving, though one falls among ghosts and animals, one will always be sated and without lack." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 62.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.62.30) - [Next: 62.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.62.32) - [Up: 62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.62) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.62.31) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.62.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.62.31) · Pramāṇa