[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) › [楞伽阿跋多羅寶經註解](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1789) › 4.268 # 楞伽阿跋多羅寶經註解 4.268 楞伽阿跋多羅寶經註解 4.268 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [4.268](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1789.4.268) 佛告大慧：「善哉！善哉！諦聽！諦聽！善思念之，當為汝說。」大慧白佛言：「唯然受教。」佛告大慧：「有無量因緣不應食肉，然我今當為汝略說。謂一切眾生從本以來展轉因緣，常為六親，以親想故，不應食肉。」 > The Buddha told Mahāmati: "Excellent! Excellent! Listen attentively! Listen attentively, and reflect on it well; I shall explain it for you." Mahāmati said to the Buddha: "So be it; I receive your instruction." The Buddha told Mahāmati: "There are immeasurable causes and conditions why one should not eat meat, yet I shall now briefly explain them for you. All sentient beings, through mutual causes and conditions from the beginningless past, have constantly been one's six kinds of kin; considering them as kin, one should not eat meat. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 4.267](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1789.4.267) - [Next: 4.269](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1789.4.269) - [Up: 4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1789.4) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1789~en-mt.4.268) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [འཕགས་པ་ལང་ཀར་གཤེགས་པའི་ཐེག་པ་ཆེན་པོའི་མདོ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.lankavatara*bo.7.26) — Classical Tibetan - [འཕགས་པ་ལང་ཀར་གཤེགས་པ་རིན་པོ་ཆེའི་མདོ་ལས་སངས་རྒྱས་ཐམས་ཅད་ཀྱི་གསུང་གི་སྙིང་པོ་ཞེས་བྱ་བའི་ལེའུ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.lankavatara*bo-d108.8.23) — Classical Tibetan --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1789.4.268](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1789.4.268) · Pramāṇa