法苑珠林 95.12

95.12

又增一阿含經云。爾時世尊告諸比丘。若瞻病人。成就五法。不得時差。常在床褥。云何為五。一瞻病之人不別良藥。二懈怠無勇猛心。三常喜瞋恚亦好睡眠。四但貪衣食故瞻視病人。五不以法供養故亦不與病人語談往返是謂瞻病之人成就五法不得時差（翻前五法病得速差）又生經。世尊以偈讚曰。

The Ekottarika-āgama also states: 'At that time, the World-Honoured One addressed the monks: “If a caregiver of the sick possesses five qualities, the patient will not recover in due time, but will remain constantly bedridden. What are the five? First, the caregiver does not distinguish good medicine. Second, he is indolent and lacks vigorous zeal. Third, he is habitually prone to anger and fond of sleep. Fourth, he attends to the sick person only out of greed for clothing and food. Fifth, he does not make offerings according to the Dharma, nor does he converse back and forth with the sick person. These are the five qualities possessed by a caregiver under which the patient cannot recover in due time.” (Reversing these five qualities, the illness quickly heals.)' Furthermore, in the Jātaka-sūtra, the World-Honoured One praised in verse: