【The Varieties of Karma】- food in the temple is meant for everyone?

Speaking of this, more than a decade ago, by coincidence, I had heard a few lay practitioners conversing. One practitioner was very motivated to help out, often coming to the temple to cook, and do things. One day someone was going out. He said, "Ah, do not go, do not go, the food in the temple is meant for everyone." Ah! When I heard that, I felt that the hair on my back stood straight up. Saying the food in the temple is meant for everyone, that is not something said in the scriptures! Therefore, now we can just imagine the wrong concepts in general that people have these days. Wrong concepts in general! This is (why it is) said that this is the degenerate age. Therefore, at this time, if we can truly work hard, you bite your teeth tightly down and truly practice a little bit, there will be inconceivable merits.

SOURCE 来源 :

55B 19’12” Vol 7 of Master Jih-Chang’s Discourse P249 L4
English Lamrim Vol 1 P232

日常师父法语📡55B 19’12”手抄稿第7册P249 L4

业果 : 庙里的东西大家该吃？

说到这里，我以前十几年以前，我曾经有一次偶然的机会，听见大家有几个居士，那位居士很发心，跑到常住烧啊、忙啊，那有人要出去了，他就说：“欸，不要走、不要走、不要走，这个庙里的东西是大家该吃的。”唉呀！那时候我一听哪，背上面汗毛直竖，说庙里的东西大家该吃的，经上面可没这样讲喔！所以现在我们可想而知，这个时下一般的概念的错误啊，一般的概念的错误啊！说这个是末法。所以在这个时候，我们能够真正地努力，你咬紧牙关好好地做一点的话，那个时候就有不可思议的功德。