[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) › [大方便佛報恩經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.156) › 2.7 # 大方便佛報恩經 2.7 大方便佛報恩經 2.7 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.156.2.7) 「如我不喜死，一切三界二十五有，有形無形，四足多足，乃至蟻子，有命之屬，亦復如是。是故菩薩乃至自喪身命。終不枉奪他命。 > 'Just as I do not delight in death, so too is it for all those possessing life throughout the three realms and the twenty-five states of existence, whether with form or formless, four-footed or many-footed, down to ants. Therefore, the bodhisattva, even if it costs his own body and life, will never unjustly take the lives of others. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.156.2.6) - [Next: 2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.156.2.8) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.156.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.156~en-mt.2.7) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.156.2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.156.2.7) · Pramāṇa