[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) › 2.12 # 諸經要集 2.12 諸經要集 2.12 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.2.12) 又正法念經云。若有眾生正行善業。為邪見人說一偈法。令淨信佛。命終生應聲天。受種種樂。從天還退隨業流轉。若為財物故與人說法。不以悲心利益眾生。而取財物。或用飲酒。或與女人共飲共食。如伎兒法自賣求財。如是法施其果甚少。生於天上作智慧鳥。能說偈頌。是則名曰下品法施也。云何名為中品法施耶。為名聞故。為勝他故。為勝餘大法師故。為人說法。或以姤心為人說法。如是法施得報亦少。生於天中受中異報。或生人中。是則名曰中品法施也。云何名為上品法施耶。以清淨心。為欲增長眾生智慧。而為說法不為財利。為令邪見眾生等住於正法。如是法施自利利人。無上最勝。乃至涅槃。其福不盡。是則名曰上品法施也。 > Furthermore, the Saddharmasmṛtyupasthāna-sūtra states: 'If a sentient being uprightly practices good karma and preaches a single verse of Dharma to a person of wrong views, causing him to have pure faith in the Buddha, at the end of his life he will be born in the Heaven of Responsive Sound and enjoy various pleasures; falling back from heaven, he will transmigrate according to his karma. If one preaches the Dharma to others for the sake of wealth and goods, and not with a compassionate mind to benefit sentient beings, and accepts wealth and goods, or uses them to drink alcohol, or drinks and eats together with women, like the ways of actors who sell themselves seeking wealth, the fruit of such Dharma-giving is very slight: he will be born in the heavens as a wise bird capable of reciting verses; this is called inferior Dharma-giving. What is called middling Dharma-giving? If one preaches the Dharma to others for the sake of fame, for the sake of surpassing others, for the sake of excelling other great Dharma masters, or preaches the Dharma to others with a jealous mind, the recompense obtained from such Dharma-giving is also small: he will be born in heaven to receive an ordinary distinctive recompense, or be born among humans; this is called middling Dharma-giving. What is called superior Dharma-giving? If with a pure mind and wishing to increase the wisdom of sentient beings, one preaches the Dharma not for wealth or profit, but to cause sentient beings of wrong views to abide in the right Dharma, such Dharma-giving benefits oneself and benefits others, is unsurpassed and supreme, and its blessings will not be exhausted even up to nirvāṇa; this is called superior Dharma-giving.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.2.11) - [Next: 2.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.2.13) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123~en-mt.2.12) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.2.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.2.12) · Pramāṇa