[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) › 62.36 # 法苑珠林 62.36 法苑珠林 62.36 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [62.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.62.36) 又觀佛三昧經云。爾時曠野鬼神白佛言。我常噉人。今者不殺。當食何物。佛勅鬼王。汝但不殺。我勅弟子常施汝食。乃至法滅。以我力故令汝飽滿。鬼王聞喜。受佛五戒。涅槃經。亦制諸聲聞弟子。出眾生食濟曠野鬼神。又智度論云。鬼神得人少許飲食。即能變使多令得充足。 > Furthermore, the Sūtra on the Samādhi of Visualizing the Buddha says: At that time, a spirit of the wilderness addressed the Buddha, saying, "I regularly devour humans. Now that I do not kill, what should I eat?" The Buddha commanded the ghost king, "Just do not kill, and I will instruct my disciples to constantly offer you food until the disappearance of the Dharma; by my power, I shall make you full." The ghost king was delighted to hear this and received the Buddha's five precepts. The Nirvāṇa-sūtra also instituted that the śrāvaka disciples should set out portioned food for sentient beings to relieve the spirits of the wilderness. Furthermore, the Mahāprajñāpāramitā-śāstra says that if ghosts and spirits receive even a small amount of food and drink from humans, they can transform it into an abundance so that they are fully satisfied. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 62.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.62.35) - [Next: 62.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.62.37) - [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.62.36) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.62.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.62.36) · Pramāṇa