梵網經菩薩戒本疏 6.55

6.55

八、釋文者，文中有二：初、舉世惡事，二、作便結犯。前中「惡心」者，是造惡因也。「為利」者，造惡緣也。「販賣」等，明所作惡事也。惡事雖眾，略舉十三：一、賣色者，謂居婬肆賣女色與男，或賣男色與女，據教他婬邊理實犯重，今約衒賣邊更結輕垢，是故得二罪也。二、自手作食者，是惡觸非法也。三自磨舂者，是壞生及惡觸，此二亦是世所譏嫌也。四、占相男女者，占男女婚嫁相宜，又相其身中黑子文等，又解其夢有善凶等。五、是男是女者，占胎辨於男女等也。六、呪者，為呪咀等，又以惡呪呪龍等。七、術者，𭼩禱等、符書等，又幻術眩惑等。八、工巧者，為匠傭作以求利等。九、調鷹法者，縫眼等，既調熟已令殺眾生。十、和百種毒藥者，以百種毒合成此藥，千毒亦爾。既數有多少，理應功能急緩。十一、蛇毒者，以五月五日蛇合和毒藥，又以毒藥飼蛇等。十二、金銀者，合假金銀以誑惑人。十三、蠱毒者，亦蛇及猫鬼等損害眾生。言「都無慈心」者，結彼惡作為無慈心故也。二、「若故作」，成犯可知。

Eighth, explaining the text: The text has two parts: First, listing mundane evil matters; second, committing them and thereby adjudicating an offense. In the former, 'evil mind' is the cause of committing evil. 'For the sake of gain' is the condition for committing evil. 'Peddling' and so on explain the evil matters committed. Although evil matters are many, thirteen are briefly listed: 1. Selling sex: living in a brothel selling female sex to men, or selling male sex to women; from the side of teaching another to commit sexual misconduct, in principle it actually incurs a major offense, but here from the side of vending, a light defilement is additionally adjudicated, and therefore two offenses are incurred. 2. Preparing food with one's own hands: an improper act of foul contact. 3. Milling and pounding by oneself: destroying life and foul contact; these two are also criticized by the world. 4. Divining the signs of men and women: divining whether men and women are suitable for marriage, or reading moles and lines on their bodies, or interpreting their dreams as auspicious or inauspicious. 5. Whether it is male or female: divining a pregnancy to distinguish boy or girl. 6. Incantations: doing curses and the like, or using evil incantations to curse dragons and the like. 7. Occult arts: prayer rituals, talismans and written spells, or illusory arts that bewilder and deceive. 8. Crafts: working as an artisan or hired laborer to seek gain. 9. Methods of training falcons: sewing eyelids and the like, and once trained, having them kill living beings. 10. Compounding a hundred kinds of poisons: blending a hundred kinds of poisons to make this medicine, and likewise for a thousand poisons. Since the numbers are more or fewer, in principle their effects are urgent or slow. 11. Snake venom: gathering snakes on the fifth day of the fifth month to compound poisons, or feeding poisons to snakes. 12. Gold and silver: compounding counterfeit gold and silver to deceive people. 13. Gu poison: also using snakes, cat-demons, and the like to harm sentient beings. The words 'entirely lacking a compassionate mind' conclude those evil deeds as lacking a mind of compassion. Second, 'If intentionally done,' the establishment of the offense can be known.