諸經要集 10.59

10.59

Fifth, the contrast between defiled and pure: As the *Dazhidu lun* says, there are four kinds of giving (dāna) in the Buddha-Dharma: (1) the giver is pure and the recipient impure; (2) the giver is impure and the recipient pure; (3) both giver and recipient are pure; (4) neither giver nor recipient is pure. Let us explain one phrase in particular, and the rest may be understood by analogy. What is 'both are pure'? It is as when a Buddha himself makes offerings to a Buddha; this is called 'both are pure'. For example, flowers born of the power of merit of Ratnasaṃbhava Buddha in the east were sent in the care of Samantaprabhā Bodhisattva, who had attained the dharmakāya of the ten abodes; he brought these flowers and scattered them over Śākyamuni Buddha. He knew that the Buddhas of the ten directions are the supreme field of merit. This is called 'both are pure'. (The other phrases may be understood by analogy.)