淨名經集解關中疏 1.362

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所以者何。憶念我昔於貧里而行乞食　二略明所以也。詣貧二意。一少欲故。二大悲故。亦以迦葉於弟子中此二最勝故呵也。生曰。大迦葉少欲行頭陀中第一也。得滅盡三昧亦最勝。凡得滅盡定者能為人作現世福田也。其以自業能使人得現法報。而貧有交切之苦。故以大悲心欲拔之也。乞食是其頭陀之業。又至貧里有會少欲之迹。

"Why is this? I recall in the past when I went on alms rounds in poor neighborhoods." This is the second part, briefly explaining the reason. Going to the poor has two meanings: first, because of having few desires; second, because of great compassion. Also, because Kāśyapa was the most supreme among the disciples in these two respects, he was rebuked. Daosheng says: "Mahākāśyapa is foremost among those with few desires who practice the dhūtas. He is also the most supreme in attaining the samādhi of cessation. In general, those who attain the absorption of cessation are able to act as a field of merit in the present life for people. Because of his own karma, he can cause people to obtain retribution in the present Dharma, and since poverty involves urgent and intense suffering, with a mind of great compassion he wished to pull them out of it. Begging for food is the practice of his dhūta, and furthermore, going to poor neighborhoods accords with the traces of having few desires."