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諸經要集 17.17

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17.17

Furthermore, the Daśabhūmika-vibhāṣā asks: "If someone gives wine in charity, is it known whether they incur an offense or not?" It replies: "The giver gains merit, but the recipient must not drink it. Thus the treatise says: 'This bodhisattva sometimes delights in giving away everything: giving food when food is needed, giving drink when drink is needed. If giving wine, one should generate this thought: "Now is the time for practicing dāna, giving according to whatever is needed. Later I will skillfully instruct and cause them to abandon wine, to attain mindfulness and wisdom, and not be heedless." Why? The practice of dāna-pāramitā completely fulfills people's wishes. For a lay bodhisattva to give wine in charity is without offense.'"

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