天台菩薩戒疏 2.5

2.5

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.