天台菩薩戒疏 2.5

2.5

第三、食肉戒。菩薩理忘身濟物，何容反食眾生身分？故制罪也。別具三緣：一、是有情之肉，二、起肉想，三、入口，便犯。就文為二：初標名彰過，制令止惡；次「若故食」下遣制結犯。

Third: the precept against eating meat. In principle, a bodhisattva forgets their own body to aid living beings; how can they instead consume the bodily parts of sentient beings? Therefore, the offense is established. It specifically possesses three conditions: first, it is the flesh of a sentient being; second, giving rise to the conception of meat; third, it enters the mouth, whereupon the offense is committed. As for the text, it has two parts: first, stating the title, displaying the fault, and enjoining the cessation of evil; next, from "if intentionally eating..." onward, the delivered injunction concluding the offense.