[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) › 19.55 # 諸經要集 19.55 諸經要集 19.55 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [19.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.19.55) 述曰既知此諸道俗等。若見師僧父母亡柩。外人弔來。小於亡者。至其屍所。如常設禮已。先至孝子所。默慰弔之。後至大德所。具展哀情弔而拜之。亦見愚癡白衣。妄行法教。展轉教他。不聽禮父母叔伯尊親亡靈。口云我既受戒。彼為鬼神。故不合禮。恐破戒故。此不會聖意。反招無知之罪。伏惟師僧等。長養我法身。父母叔伯等。長養我生身。依斯乳哺長大成人。思此恩德昊天難報。歷劫酬恩豈一生能謝。不存敬恩。反起慢墮。繼踵鄙夫。何成孝子。故世尊極聖。尚自躬扶亡父屍送。況下凡愚輒生怠慢。故涅槃經云。知恩者大悲之本。不知恩者甚於畜生。 > The commentary states: Once one knows this, when various monastics and laity see the funeral bier of a master, monk, or parent, and outsiders come to offer condolences, if they are junior to the deceased, after arriving at the place of the corpse and performing the ordinary rites, they should first go to the grieving son and offer quiet condolences, and afterwards go to the Venerable, fully expressing their mournful sentiments and bowing in condolence. One also sees ignorant white-robed laity falsely practicing religious teachings, successively teaching others not to allow paying respects to the deceased spirits of parents, uncles, and venerable kin, claiming: 'Since I have received the precepts, and they are ghosts and spirits, it is not fitting to pay homage to them, lest the precepts be broken.' This does not accord with the sage's intention, and instead incurs the sin of ignorance. I humbly consider that masters and monks nurture our dharmakāya, while parents and uncles nurture our physical body. Relying on their nursing, we grow up to become adults; contemplating this kindness and virtue, it is difficult to repay even as vast as the boundless heavens. Repaying this kindness across kalpas, how could a single lifetime suffice to show gratitude? If one does not maintain reverence and gratitude, but instead gives rise to pride and laxity, following in the footsteps of vulgar persons, how could one be an obedient child? Thus, the Bhagavat, the supreme sage, still personally helped carry the corpse of his deceased father to send him off; how much less should low and ignorant ordinary mortals casually give rise to negligence and disrespect? Therefore, the Nirvāṇa Sūtra says: 'Knowing kindness is the root of great compassion; not knowing kindness makes one worse than a beast.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 19.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.19.54) - [Next: 19.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.19.56) - [Up: 19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.19) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123~en-mt.19.55) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [法苑珠林](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.97.24) — 道世, Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.19.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.19.55) · Pramāṇa