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Toh 37

བསླབ་པ་ལྔའི་ཕན་ཡོན།
The Benefits of the Five Precepts
《五戒利益經》
Pañcaśikṣānu­śaṃsa

本經分為兩個部分。第一部分講述一對年少成婚的夫妻,彼此忠誠相待,未曾踰矩,他們一同問佛如何能在來世相伴相隨。佛陀答言,對於像他們這樣有同等信心、持戒、布施和智慧,並且一同修持佛法的伴侶而言,這是可以實現的。在較長的第二部分中,佛陀給予有關五戒的教法,即捨棄五種惡行——殺生、偷盜、邪淫、妄語和飲酒,接著講述這五種惡行所感召的種種地獄果報之苦,以及捨棄惡行者所獲得的利益。

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The cultivation of generosity, or dāna—giving voluntarily with a view that something wholesome will come of it—is considered to be a fundamental Buddhist practice by all schools. The nature and quantity of the gift itself is often considered less important.