[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) › 4.11 # 諸經要集 4.11 諸經要集 4.11 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [4.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.4.11) 又出家功德經云。若放男女奴婢人民出家。功德無量。譬天下滿中羅漢百歲供養。不如有人為涅槃故。一日一夜出家受戒功德無量。又如起七寶塔高至三十三天。不如出家功德。又大緣經云。以一日夜出家故。二十劫不墮三惡道。又僧祇律云。以一日夜出家修梵行者。離六百六千六十歲三塗苦。又出家功德經云。若為出家。苦作留礙抑制此人。即斷佛種諸惡集身。猶如大海。現得癩病。死入黑闇地獄無有出期。又迦葉經云。爾時大王太子聞出家功德甚深。並皆發心出家已。四天下中無一眾生在家者。皆悉發心願求出家。彼諸眾生既出家已。不須種殖其地。自然生諸糠米。諸樹自然生諸衣服。一切諸天供侍給使。又佛藏經云。當一心行道隨順法行。勿念衣食。有所須者。如來白毫相中一分。供諸末代一切出家弟子。亦不能盡。又賢愚經云。如百盲人有一明醫。能理其目一時明見。又有百人罪應挑眼。一人有力能救其罪。令不失目。此之二人福雖無量。猶不如聽人出家。及自出家其德弘大。 > Furthermore, the Sūtra on the Merits of Leaving the Household says: "If one allows sons, daughters, slaves, or subjects to leave the household, the merit is immeasurable. For instance, if the world were filled with arhats and one made offerings to them for a hundred years, this would not equal the immeasurable merit of someone leaving the household and receiving the precepts for a single day and night for the sake of nirvāṇa. Moreover, it is like building a seven-jeweled stūpa reaching up to the Trāyastriṃśa Heaven: it still does not equal the merit of leaving the household." Furthermore, the Mahānidāna-sūtra says: "Because of leaving the household for a single day and night, one does not fall into the three evil destinies for twenty kalpas." Furthermore, the Mahāsāṃghika-vinaya says: "One who leaves the household and cultivates brahmacarya for a single day and night is freed from six thousand and sixty years of suffering in the three destinies." Furthermore, the Sūtra on the Merits of Leaving the Household says: "If one creates obstacles and suppresses someone \[wishing to\] leave the household, they immediately sever the Buddha-seed, and all evils gather upon their person like an ocean. In the present life they will contract leprosy, and after death they will enter the dark hells with no time of release." Furthermore, the Kāśyapa-sūtra says: "At that time, when the great king's crown prince heard how profound the merit of leaving the household was, and they all resolved to leave the household, there was not a single sentient being in the four continents who remained at home; all gave rise to the aspiration and sought to leave the household. Once those sentient beings had left the household, they did not need to plant the earth, for grain and rice grew naturally; trees naturally grew garments; and all the gods made offerings, waited upon them, and served them." Furthermore, the Buddhapiṭaka-sūtra says: "One should practice the Path with a single mind and act in accord with the Dharma, not thinking of food and clothing. If anything is needed, even a fraction of the Tathāgata's white-hair mark (ūrṇā) could provide for all disciples who leave the household in the Latter Age, and it still could not be exhausted." Furthermore, the Damamūkanidāna-sūtra says: "Suppose there were a hundred blind people, and a skilled physician could treat their eyes so that all at once they could see clearly; and suppose there were another hundred people whose offenses condemned them to having their eyes gouged out, and one powerful person could deliver them from their punishment so that they did not lose their sight. Although the merit of these two people would be immeasurable, it still would not equal the vastness of the virtue of permitting someone to leave the household or of leaving the household oneself." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 4.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.4.10) - [Next: 4.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.4.12) - [Up: 4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.4) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123~en-mt.4.11) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (3) - [大寶積經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.ratnakuta.maharatnakuta*zh-bodhiruci-tang.89.21) — Classical Chinese - [釋氏要覽](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2127.1.208) — Classical Chinese - [萬善同歸集](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2017.2.73) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.4.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.4.11) · Pramāṇa