[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) › [盂蘭盆經讚述](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2781) › 1.28 # 盂蘭盆經讚述 1.28 盂蘭盆經讚述 1.28 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2781.1.28) 經曰其有此等自恣僧者　述曰。第五顯益也。文有二句。一顯大悲拔苦力。二顯大慈與樂力。其有供養等者。顯大悲力。其有供養自恣者。標良田之美也。現在等者。出所救之重恩。恩有三品。一上恩。即現在父母親生育故。二中恩者。七世父母枝引不絕遠資潤故。三下恩。六親眷屬。謂親戚兄弟助力成故。即大論云。離別常人易。離別知識難。離別知識易。離別妻子難。離別妻子易。離別父母難。此證三品親也。出三塗等者。正顯大悲力也。夫以積惡招殃災及二世。修善置福度及浚混。今言出者。此等應墮三塗。但為聖力所資。業果消滅。既應墮不墮。即說不墮為出也。 > \[When\] the sūtra states, 'Whoever \[makes offerings to\] such a pravāraṇā Saṅgha': The commentary says: This is the fifth \[section\], revealing the benefits. The text has two lines: first, revealing the power of great compassion to eliminate suffering; second, revealing the power of great loving-kindness to bestow joy. 'Whoever makes offerings,' and so forth, reveals the power of great compassion. 'Whoever makes offerings to the pravāraṇā \[Saṅgha\]' marks the excellence of the fertile field \[of merit\]. 'Present \[parents\],' and so forth, indicates the profound kindness that is to be saved. Kindness has three grades: First is supreme kindness, namely the present parents, because they directly gave birth to and reared \[the person\]. Second is middling kindness, namely parents of seven past generations, because their lineage has extended unbroken, distantly nourishing and sustaining \[oneself\]. Third is lesser kindness, namely the six kinds of kin and relatives, meaning relatives and brothers, because their supportive assistance brought one to completion. As the Mahāprajñāpāramitopadeśa says, 'Parting from ordinary people is easy, parting from spiritual friends is difficult; parting from spiritual friends is easy, parting from wife and children is difficult; parting from wife and children is easy, parting from parents is difficult.' This confirms the three grades of kin. 'Emerging from the three wretched realms,' and so forth, directly reveals the power of great compassion. When accumulated evil brings about misfortune, calamity reaches into two lifetimes; when one cultivates good to establish merit, deliverance extends into distant depth. Now when it speaks of 'emerging,' those such as these ought to have fallen into the three wretched realms, but solely through the assistance of holy power, their karmic retribution is eradicated. Since they ought to have fallen but do not fall, this not falling is described as 'emerging.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2781.1.27) - [Next: 1.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2781.1.29) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2781.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2781~en-mt.1.28) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2781.1.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2781.1.28) · Pramāṇa