[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) › 62.8 # 法苑珠林 62.8 法苑珠林 62.8 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [62.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.62.8) 問曰。如七月十五日。聖教令造佛盆獻供。於此日中復多人客。未知此物出何賓擬。答曰。若有施主。通用之物。此將賓待。若無施主。通用之物。即須觀寺。大小官私不定。如似小寺。非是國造。無外獻供。復無貴勝臨時斟酌。隨僧豐儉出常住僧物。造食獻佛及僧。此亦無過。以佛通應供僧數。所以諸寺每大小食時。常出佛僧兩盤。故知得用。若論布薩說戒。佛則不入羯磨僧數。何以故。三寶位別故。 > Question: On occasions such as the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when the sacred teachings instruct that Buddha basins be made to present offerings, on this day there are also many guests; from what provision should these items be supplied? > Answer: If there are donors who provide goods for common use, these should be used to entertain guests. If there are no donors who provide goods for common use, one must observe the monastery: monasteries vary between large and small, official and private. For instance, in a small monastery that was not built by the state, where there are no external offerings presented, nor are there noble dignitaries to deliberate on the occasion, one should, according to the monastery's abundance or scarcity, draw from the permanent property of the saṃgha to prepare food to offer to the Buddha and the saṃgha; in this there is no fault. Because the Buddha is universally counted among the saṃgha that is worthy of offerings, monasteries at every large and small mealtime regularly set out two platters, one for the Buddha and one for the saṃgha; thus we know it may be used. If discussing the poṣadha recitation of precepts, the Buddha is not counted within the karmic saṃgha. Why is this? Because the stations of the Three Jewels are distinct. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 62.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.62.7) - [Next: 62.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.62.9) - [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.62.8) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.62.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.62.8) · Pramāṇa