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English version: And also nirvana without remainder, To guide those of inferior capacity, therefore it is spoken of in a concealed way. The wisdom that arises from all Buddhas, is the path that is explained separately, The various vehicles are not true vehicles, and those are not true nirvana. Attachment to existence in the desire realm, the form realm, and various views, are called the four abodes, It is the place where consciousness arises, the dwelling of consciousness, the place where the mind stays. Regarding the cessation of mind and eye-consciousness, it is said to be impermanent, Or they are seen as nirvana, and the doctrine of permanence is taught to them.' At that time, Mahamati Bodhisattva asked in verse: 'Those Bodhisattvas, who aspire to the Buddha-path, What about wine, meat, and onions, how should they be regarded in diet? May the Supreme One, out of compassion, explain it for us. These are what fools are attached to, foul-smelling and without good name, What tigers and wolves relish, how can they be eaten? Eating these produces various faults, not eating is meritorious and good, May you explain to me, the merits and demerits of eating and not eating.' After Mahamati Bodhisattva spoke the verses, he further said to the Buddha: 'May the World Honored One, explain to us the merits and demerits of eating and not eating meat. I and the other Bodhisattvas, in the present and future, will explain the Dharma separately for the various beings who desire to eat meat, so that those beings can treat each other with loving-kindness. Having obtained loving-kindness, each will be clear and bright in their respective stages of practice, and quickly attain ultimate supreme enlightenment (anuttarā-samyak-saṃbodhi). Śrāvakas (hearers) and Pratyekabuddhas (solitary realizers), after stopping in their own realms, will also attain supreme enlightenment. Those heretics who hold evil doctrines, with their heretical views of annihilation or permanence, and their inverted attachments, even they have prohibitive rules and do not allow eating meat. How much more so the Tathagata (Thus Come One), the savior of the world, who has accomplished the true Dharma, how could he eat meat?' The Buddha said to Mahamati: 'Good, good! Listen carefully, listen carefully! Think well upon it, and I will explain it to you.' Mahamati said to the Buddha: 'Yes, I receive your teaching.' The Buddha said to Mahamati: 'There are countless reasons why one should not eat meat, but I will now briefly explain them to you. First: --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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切众生从本已来，展转因缘，常为六亲，以亲想故，不应食肉。驴骡骆驼狐狗牛马人兽等肉，屠者杂卖故，不应食肉。不净气分所生长故，不应食肉。众生闻气，悉生恐怖，如旃陀罗及谭婆等，狗见憎恶，惊怖群吠故，不应食肉。又令修行者慈心不生故，不应食肉。凡愚所嗜，臭秽不净，无善名称故，不应食肉。令诸咒术不成就故，不应食肉。以杀生者，见形起识，深味着故，不应食肉。彼食肉者，诸天所弃故，不应食肉。令口气臭故，不应食肉。多恶梦故，不应食肉。空闲林中虎狼闻香故，不应食肉。令饮食无节量故，不应食肉。令修行者不生厌离故不应食肉。我常说言，凡所饮食作食子肉想，作服药想故，不应食肉。听食肉者，无有是处。 “复次，大慧！过去有王，名师子苏陀娑，食种种肉，遂至食人，臣民不堪，即便谋反，断其奉禄。以食肉者有如是过故，不应食肉。 “复次，大慧！凡诸杀者，为财利故、杀生屠贩。彼诸愚痴食肉众生，以钱为网而捕诸肉。彼杀生者，若以财物，若以钩网，取彼空行水陆众生，种种杀害，屠贩求利。大慧！亦无不教不求不想，而有鱼肉。以是义故，不应食肉。大慧！我有时说，遮五种肉，或制十种。今于此经，一切种、一切时，开除方便，一切悉断。大慧！如 现代汉语译本： ‘切众生从本已来，辗转因缘，常常互为六亲，因为有亲属的想法，所以不应该吃肉。驴、骡、骆驼、狐狸、狗、牛、马等等的肉，因为屠宰者混杂售卖，所以不应该吃肉。因为是从不干净的气分所生长出来的，所以不应该吃肉。众生闻到气味，都会产生恐怖，就像旃陀罗（Candala，贱民）及谭婆（Tamba，屠夫）等人一样，狗见到会憎恶，惊恐地狂吠，所以不应该吃肉。又会让修行者慈悲心无法生起，所以不应该吃肉。凡夫愚人所喜好，臭秽不干净，没有好的名声，所以不应该吃肉。会让各种咒术无法成就，所以不应该吃肉。因为杀生的人，见到（动物的）形体就生起（贪爱）的意识，深深地执着于美味，所以不应该吃肉。那些吃肉的人，会被诸天所抛弃，所以不应该吃肉。会让口气变得臭秽，所以不应该吃肉。会做很多恶梦，所以不应该吃肉。在空旷的树林中，老虎和狼会闻到香味，所以不应该吃肉。会让饮食没有节制，所以不应该吃肉。会让修行者不生起厌离心，所以不应该吃肉。我常常说，凡是所吃的食物，都要作是吃自己子女的肉的想法，作是服药的想法，所以不应该吃肉。听任吃肉这件事，是没有道理的。 ‘再者，大慧（Mahamati）！过去有位国王，名叫师子苏陀娑（Simhasutas），吃各种各样的肉，以至于吃人肉，臣民无法忍受，就发动叛乱，断了他的俸禄。因为吃肉的人有这样的过失，所以不应该吃肉。 ‘再者，大慧（Mahamati）！凡是那些杀生的人，为了财利，才杀生屠宰贩卖。那些愚痴的吃肉众生，用钱作为网来捕捉各种肉。那些杀生的人，或者用财物，或者用钩网，捕捉那些在空中飞行、在水里或陆地上生存的众生，用各种方法杀害，屠宰贩卖以求取利益。大慧（Mahamati）！也没有不教唆、不要求、不想象，而能得到鱼肉的。因为这个缘故，所以不应该吃肉。大慧（Mahamati）！我有时说，禁止五种肉，或者限制十种肉。现在在这部经中，一切种类、一切时间，开除方便之门，一切都断绝。大慧（Mahamati）！就像……’
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English version: ‘All beings, from the very beginning, through the revolving of causes and conditions, have constantly been related as the six kinds of relatives. Because of this thought of kinship, meat should not be eaten. The flesh of donkeys, mules, camels, foxes, dogs, cows, horses, and so on, should not be eaten because butchers sell them mixed together. Meat should not be eaten because it grows from impure elements. When beings smell the scent, they all become terrified, like the Candala (outcaste) and Tamba (butcher). Dogs, seeing it, hate it and bark in fright, therefore meat should not be eaten. Furthermore, it prevents practitioners from generating compassion, therefore meat should not be eaten. It is craved by foolish people, is foul and impure, and has no good reputation, therefore meat should not be eaten. It prevents the accomplishment of various mantras, therefore meat should not be eaten. Because those who kill living beings, upon seeing their forms, give rise to consciousness and deeply crave the taste, meat should not be eaten. Those who eat meat are abandoned by the gods, therefore meat should not be eaten. It makes the breath foul, therefore meat should not be eaten. It causes many bad dreams, therefore meat should not be eaten. In empty forests, tigers and wolves smell the scent, therefore meat should not be eaten. It causes eating and drinking to be without moderation, therefore meat should not be eaten. It prevents practitioners from generating revulsion and detachment, therefore meat should not be eaten. I have always said that all food and drink should be regarded as eating the flesh of one's own children, and as taking medicine, therefore meat should not be eaten. There is no justification for allowing the eating of meat.’ ‘Moreover, Mahamati (Great Wisdom)! In the past, there was a king named Simhasutas (Lion-born Sutas), who ate all kinds of meat, even to the point of eating human flesh. The ministers and people could not bear it and rebelled, cutting off his salary. Because those who eat meat have such faults, meat should not be eaten.’ ‘Moreover, Mahamati (Great Wisdom)! All those who kill, kill, butcher, and sell living beings for the sake of wealth and profit. Those foolish meat-eating beings use money as a net to catch all kinds of meat. Those who kill living beings, either with wealth or with hooks and nets, capture those beings who fly in the air, live in the water, or live on land, killing and butchering them in various ways to seek profit. Mahamati (Great Wisdom)! There is also no fish or meat that comes without instigation, request, or imagination. For this reason, meat should not be eaten. Mahamati (Great Wisdom)! Sometimes I have said to prohibit five kinds of meat, or to restrict ten kinds. Now, in this sutra, in all kinds and at all times, the door of expedient means is closed, and all is cut off. Mahamati (Great Wisdom)! Like...’ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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来、应供、等正觉，尚无所食，况食鱼肉？亦不教人。以大悲前行故，视一切众生，犹如一子，是故不听令食子肉。” 尔时，世尊欲重宣此义而说偈言： “曾悉为亲属， 鄙秽不净杂， 不净所生长， 闻气悉恐怖。 一切肉与葱， 及诸韭蒜等， 种种放逸酒， 修行常远离。 亦常离麻油， 及诸穿孔床， 以彼诸细虫， 于中极恐怖。 饮食生放逸， 放逸生诸觉， 从觉生贪欲， 是故不应食。 由食生贪欲， 贪令心迷醉， 迷醉长爱欲， 生死不解脱。 为利杀众生， 以财网诸肉， 二俱是恶业， 死堕叫呼狱。 若无教想求， 则无三净肉， 彼非无因有， 是故不应食。 彼诸修行者， 由是悉离远， 十方佛世尊， 一切咸呵责。 展转更相食， 死堕虎狼类， 臭秽可厌恶， 所生常愚痴。 多生栴陀罗， 猎师谭婆种， 或生陀夷尼， 及诸肉食性， 罗刹猫狸等， 遍于是中生。 缚象与大云， 央掘利魔罗， 及此楞伽经， 我悉制断肉。 诸佛及菩萨， 声闻所呵责， 食已无惭愧， 生生常痴冥。 先说见闻疑， 已断一切肉， 妄想不觉知， 故生 现代汉语译本： ‘如来（Tathagata，佛的称号之一）、应供（Arhat，值得供养的人）、等正觉（Samyaksambuddha，完全觉悟者），尚且没有吃任何东西，更何况吃鱼肉呢？’佛陀也不会教导别人吃鱼肉。因为佛陀以大悲心为先导，看待一切众生，都像看待自己的孩子一样，所以不允许吃众生的肉，如同不允许吃自己的孩子一样。 当时，世尊为了再次宣扬这个道理，说了以下偈语： ‘曾经都是亲属， 污秽不净混杂， 从不净处生长， 闻到气味都恐怖。 一切肉与葱， 以及各种韭蒜等， 各种放逸的酒， 修行人都应远离。 也应常远离麻油， 以及各种穿孔的床， 因为那些细小的虫子， 在其中极其恐怖。 饮食会产生放逸， 放逸会产生各种感觉， 从感觉产生贪欲， 所以不应该吃肉。 因为吃了肉会产生贪欲， 贪欲使人心迷醉， 迷醉增长爱欲， 生死轮回无法解脱。 为了利益而杀害众生， 用钱财购买各种肉类， 这两种都是恶业， 死后会堕入叫唤地狱。 如果没有教导、没有想法、没有需求， 就不会有三种清净肉， 它们不是无缘无故产生的， 所以不应该吃肉。 那些修行的人， 因此都远离肉食， 十方诸佛世尊， 一切都加以呵责。 辗转互相吞食， 死后堕入虎狼之类， 臭秽令人厌恶， 所生之处常愚痴。 多次转生为旃陀罗（Chandala，印度种姓制度下的贱民）， 猎人、谭婆（Tambra，屠夫）种姓， 或者转生为陀夷尼（Dayini，食人女）， 以及各种以肉为食的生物， 罗刹、猫狸等， 遍布在这些地方出生。 缚象（Baddha Hasti，佛经故事中的恶象）、与大云（Mahamegha，经名）， 央掘利魔罗（Angulimala，杀人魔王，后被佛陀度化）， 以及这部《楞伽经》（Lankavatara Sutra）， 我都禁止吃肉。 诸佛以及菩萨， 声闻（Sravaka，听闻佛法而修行的弟子）所呵责， 吃了肉后没有惭愧心， 生生世世常处在愚昧黑暗之中。 先前所说的见、闻、疑三种情况， 已经断除了一切肉食， 因为妄想而不觉知， 所以产生……’
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English version: ‘The Tathagata (Thus Come One, an epithet of the Buddha), Arhat (Worthy One, deserving of offerings), Samyaksambuddha (Perfectly Enlightened One), does not even have anything to eat, how much less would he eat fish or meat?’ The Buddha also does not teach others to eat fish or meat. Because the Buddha leads with great compassion, viewing all sentient beings as if they were his own children, therefore he does not allow the eating of sentient beings' flesh, just as he would not allow the eating of his own children. At that time, the World Honored One, wishing to reiterate this meaning, spoke the following verses: ‘They were all once relatives, Filthy and impure mixed together, Born from impure places, Terrified by the smell. All meat and onions, And all kinds of leeks and garlic, All kinds of intoxicating liquors, Practitioners should always stay away from. Also, always stay away from sesame oil, And all kinds of perforated beds, Because those tiny insects, Are extremely terrified within them. Food and drink give rise to indulgence, Indulgence gives rise to various feelings, From feelings arise greed and desire, Therefore, one should not eat meat. Because eating meat gives rise to greed and desire, Greed makes the mind intoxicated, Intoxication increases love and desire, One cannot be liberated from birth and death. Killing sentient beings for profit, Using wealth to buy all kinds of meat, Both are evil deeds, After death, one falls into the screaming hell. If there is no teaching, no thought, no demand, Then there would be no three kinds of pure meat, They do not arise without a cause, Therefore, one should not eat meat. Those practitioners, Therefore, all stay far away, The Buddhas, World Honored Ones of the ten directions, All condemn it. Turning around and eating each other, After death, one falls into the category of tigers and wolves, Foul-smelling and disgusting, One is always born foolish. Many times born as Chandala (outcaste in the Indian caste system), Hunters, Tambra (butcher) caste, Or born as Dayini (flesh-eating female demon), And all kinds of meat-eating beings, Rakshasas (demons), cats, civets, etc., Born everywhere in these places. Baddha Hasti (evil elephant in Buddhist stories) and Mahamegha (name of a sutra), Angulimala (murderous demon, later converted by the Buddha), And this Lankavatara Sutra, I have all prohibited the eating of meat. The Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, Sravakas (disciples who practice by hearing the Buddha's teachings) condemn it, Having eaten meat without shame, Life after life, one is always in darkness and ignorance. What was said earlier about seeing, hearing, and doubting, Has already cut off all meat, Because of delusion and lack of awareness, Therefore, one is born...’