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律云。眾生食即為鬼子母也。毘奈耶云。訶利帝母為求愛兒。佛為受三歸五戒已。白佛言從今何食。佛言勿憂。於剡部洲有我弟子每食次。出眾生食施汝。皆令飽滿○鈔云。出生。或在等供前後隨情安置。今詳若食是米麫所成者。方可出之。或蔬茹不用。緣物類不食翻成棄也。如愛道經云。出生餅如指甲大。又出生偈云。汝等鬼神眾。我今施汝供。七粒遍十方。一切鬼神共（以食出生時。默誦此偈）。

The Vinaya says: Food for sentient beings is for the Mother of Demon Children (Hārītī). The Vinaya says: When Mother Hārītī sought her beloved child, the Buddha administered the three refuges and the five precepts to her. She then said to the Buddha: 'What shall I eat from now on?' The Buddha said: 'Do not worry. In Jambudvīpa, my disciples will, at each meal, set aside food for sentient beings to offer you, causing you all to be fully satisfied.' / The Chao says: Setting aside food may be arranged at one's discretion before or after serving the offerings equally. Now considering this: only if the food is made of rice or flour may it be set aside. Vegetables should not be used, because that class of beings does not eat them, and it turns out to be wasted. As the Aidao jing says: Set aside a cake the size of a fingernail. Furthermore, the verse for setting aside food says: / 'You hosts of spirits and ghosts, / I now offer you this food. / Seven grains pervade the ten directions; / may all spirits and ghosts share it.' / (When setting aside food, silently recite this verse).