[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [釋氏要覽](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2127) › 3.100 # 釋氏要覽 3.100 釋氏要覽 3.100 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2127.3.100) 師子吼菩薩問云。少欲知足。有何差別。佛言。少欲者。不求不取。知足者。得少不悔恨○正法念處經云。沙門法中第一勝者。所謂知足○婆沙論云。佛法以少欲為本。為俗利故。則道利不成○遺教經云。比丘當知。多欲之人。多求利故。苦惱亦多。少欲之人。無求無取。則無此患。少欲能生諸功德。則無諂曲以來人意。少欲者。心則坦然無所憂懼。觸事有餘。比丘為脫諸苦惱。當觀知足之法。則是富樂安隱之處。 > Bodhisattva Siṃhanāda asked: "What is the distinction between few desires and knowing contentment?" The Buddha said: "Having few desires means not seeking and not grasping; knowing contentment means not regretting or resenting when obtaining little." The Saddharmasmṛtyupasthāna-sūtra states: "Among the practices of a śramaṇa, the foremost and supreme is what is called knowing contentment." The Vibhāṣā-śāstra states: "The Buddha's Dharma takes few desires as its root; if it is for mundane gain, then the gain of the Way cannot be achieved." The Sūtra of the Buddha's Bequeathed Teaching states: "Monks should know that people of many desires seek much gain, and therefore their sufferings and distress are also many; people of few desires have no seeking and no grasping, and therefore are free from this affliction. Having few desires can generate all merits, and there is no flattery or crookedness to win people's favor. For those with few desires, the mind is candid without worry or fear, and in facing matters there is always a surplus. If monks wish to be free from all suffering and distress, they should contemplate the method of knowing contentment, which is indeed the abode of wealth, joy, peace, and security." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2127.3.99) - [Next: 3.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2127.3.101) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2127.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2127~en-mt.3.100) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2127.3.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2127.3.100) · Pramāṇa