[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) › [諸經要集](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123) › 10.20 # 諸經要集 10.20 諸經要集 10.20 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [10.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.10.20) 又優婆塞戒經云。無財之人自說無財。是義不然。何以故。一切水草人無不有。雖是國主不必能施。雖是貧窮非不能施。何以故。貧窮之人亦有食分。食已洗器。棄蕩滌汁施應食者。亦得福德。若以塵\[麩-夫+少\]施於蟻子。亦得無量福德果報。天下極貧。誰當無此塵許\[麩-夫+少\]耶。極貧之人。誰當赤露無衣服者。若有衣服。豈無一線一針施人繫瘡。一指許財作燈炷耶。善男子。天下之人。誰現貧窮無其身者。如其有身見他作福。身應往助執役掃灑。亦得福報。故成實論云。掃一閻浮僧地。不如掃一手掌佛地。 > Also, the Upāsakaśīla-sūtra says: 'When a person without wealth says of himself that he has no wealth, this principle is incorrect. Why is this? There is no one who lacks water and grass. Although one is the ruler of a state, he is not necessarily able to give; although one is poor, he is not unable to give. Why is this? A poor person also has a portion of food. After eating, when washing the vessels, if he discards the wash-water and gives it to creatures that ought to eat it, he also gains merit. If he gives a dust-speck of parched grain flour to an ant, he also obtains immeasurable meritorious retribution. In the world's extreme poverty, who could lack this dust-speck of flour? Among the extremely poor, who is completely naked without clothing? If one has clothing, could one lack a single thread or a single needle to give to someone to bind a wound, or a finger's width of material to make a lamp wick? Good man, among the people of the world, who among the poor is without a body? If one has a body, seeing others creating merit, one's body should go to assist, undertaking labor, sweeping, and sprinkling, and one will also obtain meritorious retribution. Therefore the Tattvasiddhi-śāstra says: "Sweeping the monastic grounds of the entire Jambudvīpa does not equal sweeping a palm-sized area of the Buddha's ground."' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 10.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.10.19) - [Next: 10.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.10.21) - [Up: 10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.10) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123~en-mt.10.20) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.10.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.10.20) · Pramāṇa