諸經要集 5.34

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5.34

Furthermore, the Dazhidulun states: "There was once an elder of wealth and honor who made music and offered it to the Saṅgha. He told the monastic administrator: 'I wish to invite the monks in turn to eat at my house, requiring an invitation day by day down to the novices.' The administrator would not allow the novices to receive the invitation. The novices said: 'For what reason do you not allow the novices?' He answered: 'Because the dānapati does not like to invite the young.' Thereupon he spoke a verse:

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諸經要集 — Classical Chinese