[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) › 88.124 # 法苑珠林 88.124 法苑珠林 88.124 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [88.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.88.124) 問曰。何故六齋日受八戒修福德。答曰。是日鬼神逐人欲奪人命。疾病凶衰令人不吉。是以劫初聖人教人持齋。修善治福以避凶衰。是時齋法不受八戒。直以一日不食為齋。後佛出世。始教一日一夜如諸佛受持八戒過中不食。是功德將人至涅槃樂。 > Question: Why does one receive the eight precepts and cultivate merit on the six fasting days? Answer: On these days, ghost-spirits pursue people seeking to take their lives, bringing illness, misfortune, and decline, causing people to be unlucky. Therefore, at the beginning of the kalpa, holy sages taught people to observe the fast, cultivate good, and manage merit to avoid misfortune and decline. At that time, the fasting method did not involve receiving the eight precepts; they simply took not eating for a whole day as the fast. Later, when the Buddha appeared in the world, he first taught people to receive and maintain the eight precepts for one day and one night just like all Buddhas, not eating after midday. This merit will lead people to the bliss of nirvāṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 88.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.88.123) - [Next: 88.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.88.125) - [Up: 88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.88) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.88.124) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.88.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.88.124) · Pramāṇa