[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) › 62.33 # 法苑珠林 62.33 法苑珠林 62.33 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [62.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.62.33) 又中阿含經云。若為死人布施祭祀者。若生入餓鬼中者得食。除餘趣不得。由各有活命食故。若親族不生中者。但施自得其福。乃至施主生六趣中。施福常隨。以持戒故。雖得人身必須餘福助報也。往生經云。亡後作福。死者七分獲一。餘者屬現造者。 > Furthermore, the Madhyama-āgama says: If one performs giving and makes sacrificial offerings for the deceased, if they have entered birth among hungry ghosts, they will obtain the food; those in other destinies do not obtain it, because each has their own sustenance for life. If relatives are not born among them, the donor alone obtains the merit. Furthermore, when the donor is born in the six destinies (ṣaḍgati), the merit of giving always follows them. Because of holding the precepts, although one obtains a human body, one must have additional merit to assist the retribution. The Wangsheng jing says: "When merit is made after death, the deceased obtains one part out of seven, and the remainder belongs to the one who performed it." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 62.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.62.32) - [Next: 62.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.62.34) - [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.62.33) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.62.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.62.33) · Pramāṇa