法苑珠林 41.43

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41.43

Also, the Daśabhāṇavāra-vinaya says: 'When the Mother of Mṛgāra specifically invited five hundred arhats, the Buddha said: "This is unwise and unwholesome. If one invites even a single person in the regular sequence within the saṃgha, the great merit, retribution, and benefit obtained surpasses specifically inviting five hundred arhats; all far and near hear of this without exception." Furthermore, the Sūtra on the Field of Merit in Inviting the Saṃgha and the Humane Kings Sūtra rebuke this in various ways, not permitting specific invitations. If one makes specific invitations, that is a method of non-Buddhists, not the method of the seven Buddhas.'

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法苑珠林 — 道世, Classical Chinese