[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) › [金光明經文句記](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1786) › 2.20 # 金光明經文句記 2.20 金光明經文句記 2.20 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1786.2.20) 初、引人明事殺。《大經．聖行品》佛說本生，曾為國王，名曰仙豫，愛念大乘。時世無佛，十二年事婆羅門為師，後遂勸彼發菩提心。而婆羅門不信謗法，王乃殺之，而王不墮獄，以無殺罪故。至〈梵行品〉，佛說慈心之果住一子地。迦葉難言：「若菩薩住一子地，云何佛昔為王斷婆羅門命耶？」佛言：「我以愛念故斷，非惡心也。諸婆羅門命終生阿鼻獄，即有三念：一自知從人道來、二知是地獄、三自知謗法為王所殺。念是事已即信大乘，尋時命終，生甘露鼓王世界，於彼壽命十劫。我於往昔乃與是十劫壽命，云何名殺？」然須明於得殺法門，令其愛念成無緣慈，方合疏文唯殺唯慈也。 > First, citing a person to clarify phenomenal killing. In the 'Chapter on Noble Practice' of the Great Sūtra, the Buddha spoke of a past life when he was a king named Senyo who cherished the Mahāyāna. At that time, there was no Buddha in the world. For twelve years he served a brāhmaṇa as his master, and subsequently exhorted him to generate the bodhi-mind. But the brāhmaṇa did not believe and slandered the Dharma; the king thereupon killed him, yet the king did not fall into hell because he was free of the sin of killing. Coming to the 'Chapter on Pure Practice,' the Buddha said that the fruit of the compassionate mind is dwelling in the stage of an only child. Kāśyapa objected, saying: 'If a bodhisattva dwells in the stage of an only child, why did the Buddha in the past, as a king, sever the life of a brāhmaṇa?' The Buddha said: 'I severed it out of love and affection, not with an evil mind. When that brāhmaṇa died and was born into the Avīci Hell, he had three thoughts: first, knowing he came from the human realm; second, knowing this was hell; third, knowing he slandered the Dharma and was killed by the king. Having thought this, he immediately believed in the Mahāyāna, shortly died, and was born in the world of the King of the Drum of Nectar, with a lifespan there of ten kalpas. In the past, I actually gave him this lifespan of ten kalpas; how could it be called killing?' Thus one must clarify the attainment of the Dharma-gate of killing, causing that loving concern to become conditionless compassion; only then does it accord with the commentary's statement: 'Only killing and only compassion.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1786.2.19) - [Next: 2.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1786.2.21) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1786.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1786~en-mt.2.20) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1786.2.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1786.2.20) · Pramāṇa