諸經要集 2.15

2.15

Furthermore, the Daśabhūmika-vibhāṣā states: "Laypersons should practice the gift of wealth; monastics should practice the gift of Dharma. Why? Because a layperson's gift of Dharma does not equal that of a monastic. This is because those who listen to and receive the Dharma have shallower faith in laypersons. Furthermore, laypersons possess much wealth; monastics are well-versed in reading and reciting the sūtras and teachings, explaining them to others without fear before the assembly, which is not something laypersons can equal. Moreover, in causing listeners to give rise to reverence, they do not equal monastics; and in wishing to preach the Dharma to subdue people's minds, they do not equal monastics. As a verse says:"