八福生處

The eight happy conditions in which he may be reborn who keeps the five commands and the ten good ways and bestows alms:

(1) rich and honourable among men;

(2) in the heavens of the four deva kings;

(3) the Indra heavens;

(4) Suyāma heavens;

(5) Tuṣita heaven;

(6) 化樂nirmāṇarati heaven, i.e. the fifth devaloka;

(7) 他化 Paranirmita-vaśavartin, i.e. the sixth devaloka heaven;

(8) the brahma-heavens. 八福田 The eight fields for cultivating blessedness: Buddhas; arhats (or saints); preaching monks (upādhyāya); teachers (ācārya); friars; father; mother; the sick. Buddhas, arhats, and friars (or monks in general) are termed 敬田 reverence-fields; the sick are 悲田 compassion-fields; the rest are 恩田grace- or gratitude- fields. Another group is: to make roads and wells; canals and bridges; repair dangerous roads; be dutiful to parents; support monks; tend the sick; save from disaster or distress; provide for a quinquennial assembly. Another: serving the Three Precious Ones, i.e. the Buddha; the Law; the Order; parents; the monks as teachers; the poor; the sick; animals.