[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) › 80.6 # 法苑珠林 80.6 法苑珠林 80.6 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [80.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.80.6) 夫布施之業。乃是眾行之源。既標六度之初。又題四攝之首。所以給孤獨食。散黃金而不悋。須達拏王。施白象而無惜。尚能濟其厄難。忘己形軀。故薩埵投身。以救飢羸之命。尸毘割股。以代鷹鸇之餐。豈況國城妻子。何足經懷。寶貨倉儲。寧容在意。俗書尚云。解衣推食摩頂至踵。車馬衣裘朋友共弊。莫不輕財重義愛賢好士。且自財物無常。何關人事。苦心積聚。竟復何施。四怖交煎。五家爭奪。何有智人而當寶翫。比見凡愚悋惜家財。靡有捨心而喪軀命。但為貪生常憂不活。遂使妻兒角目兄弟鬩牆。眷屬乖離親朋隔絕。良由慳因慳緣慳法慳業。乖菩薩之心。妨慈悲之道。不生救護之意。唯起煩惱之情。如是之𮘧。寔由慳貪為本也。 > Now, the deed of dāna is the source of all practices. It is set forth at the beginning of the six pāramitās, and placed at the head of the four means of embracing. For this reason, Anāthapiṇḍada scattered gold without stinginess; King Sudāna gave away the white elephant without regret. They could even relieve distress by forgetting their own physical bodies; thus Sattva cast his body to save a famished and emaciated life, and Śibi cut his thigh to substitute for the meal of the hawk. How much less should kingdom, cities, wife, and children be kept in mind? How could precious goods and storehouses be taken to heart? Even secular texts say: taking off one's robe and pushing forward one's food, wearing down from crown to heel, sharing chariots, horses, clothes, and furs with friends until worn out—none failed to make light of wealth and value righteousness, loving the worthy and delighting in men of talent. Moreover, wealth and material goods are themselves impermanent; how do they concern human affairs? Bitterly toiling to hoard them, what does one ultimately use them for? The four fears torture by turns; the five houses compete to seize them. How could any person of wisdom treat them as precious playthings? Recently we see ordinary, foolish people who begrudge and cling to family wealth; without a mind to give away, they lose their bodily lives. Solely out of craving for life, they constantly worry they will not survive, thereby causing wife and child to glare at each other, brothers to quarrel within the walls, relatives to be estranged, and friends to be severed. This truly arises because stingy causes, stingy conditions, stingy mental qualities, and stingy deeds contradict the mind of a bodhisattva and obstruct the path of compassion, failing to give rise to the intention to rescue and protect, and solely generating afflictive feelings. Such calamities indeed have stingy craving as their root. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 80.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.80.5) - [Next: 80.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.80.7) - [Up: 80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.80) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.80.6) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.80.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.80.6) · Pramāṇa