菩薩戒本疏 2.108

2.108

貨賣經像，有損辱之過；貨賣行人，有幽逼之惱。大士既以護法濟苦為懷，當應隨力救贖。若不贖不救，違敬違慈，故制為之。《論》云：「又諸菩薩，於墮種種師子、虎狼、鬼魅、王賊、水火等畏諸有情類，皆能救護，令離如是諸怖畏處。」大小不共。聲聞見眷屬被賣不贖，犯第七聚。經像及餘人不見，別制。菩薩一切不得不救，唯除力所不及。七眾同學也。文中「賣佛菩薩父母形像」者，一云：品是大慈父母，故云「菩薩父母像」。一云：刻鑄作父母形像，如丁蘭之類，故云「父母形像」。「販賣比丘」下，明救贖行人。文中但說「道人」者，妨損多故；餘人墮難，理亦應救。

Selling sūtras and images has the fault of debasing and insulting them; selling practitioners brings the torment of imprisonment and coercion. Since the great being takes protecting the Dharma and relieving suffering to heart, they must ransom them according to their ability. If one neither ransoms nor rescues them, one violates reverence and violates compassion; therefore it was instituted. The treatise says: 'Furthermore, with respect to all classes of sentient beings fallen into various terrors—lions, tigers, wolves, demonic spirits, kings, bandits, flood, fire, and so forth—the bodhisattvas are all able to rescue and protect them, causing them to be freed from such places of terror.' This is not shared between the Greater and Lesser [Vehicles]. If a śrāvaka sees a member of their assembly being sold and does not ransom them, they commit an offense of the seventh class. For sūtras, images, and other persons, there is no separate rule seen [for śrāvakas]. For bodhisattvas, in all cases they must rescue them, except only where their ability does not reach. The seven assemblies train together in this. In the text, regarding 'selling images of the Buddha, bodhisattvas, or parents', one explanation says: the [bodhisattva] of this chapter is the father and mother of great compassion, hence it says 'images of bodhisattvas and parents'. Another explanation says: carving or casting images of one's father and mother, like Ding Lan and his kind, hence it says 'images of parents'. From 'trafficking in bhikṣus' downward, it clarifies ransoming practitioners. In the text, it only mentions 'practitioners' because the obstruction and harm are great; when other persons fall into distress, in principle one should also rescue them.