法苑珠林 20.40

20.40

The Buddha said: "Worshipping toward the east means that there are five duties in a child serving their parents. First, they must attend to making a livelihood. Second, they must rise early and direct the servants to prepare meals on time. Third, they must not add to their parents' worries and grief. Fourth, they must be mindful of the weight of their parents' kindness. Fifth, when their parents fall ill, they must be anxious and seek medical treatment for them. Parents caring for their child also have five duties. First, they must think of leading them away from evil and toward good. Second, they must teach them reckoning and writing. Third, they must teach them to uphold the scriptures and precepts. Fourth, they must take a wife for them. Fifth, they must provide them with whatever is in the household."