淨名經集解關中疏 1.641

1.641

"'You should hold a gathering for the gift of the Dharma; what use is this gathering for the gift of material wealth?'" Zhao says: "Forms must have obstruction, and material wealth must have an end. Therefore, when gathering people by physical form, they cannot be assembled universally; when bestowing on people material wealth, it cannot be provided completely. Moreover, since the gift is not universal, material wealth does not benefit the spirit. It is not like gathering sentient beings in the ten directions and reaching them in their native lands, harboring the gift of the Dharma within one's breast so that beneficence is everywhere universal! Gathering by this means, no gathering is not equal; giving by this means, no person is left out. Why set aside distant realms to gather nearby guests, and abandon benefit to the mind merely to enrich the physical body?"