菩薩戒本疏 2.161

2.161

若佛子以好心出家，而為名聞利養，於國王百官前說佛戒者，橫與比丘、比丘尼、菩薩戒弟子作繫縛事，如獄囚法，如兵奴之法，如師子身中蟲自食師子肉，非餘外蟲。如是佛子自破佛法，非外道天魔能破。若受佛戒者，應護佛戒，如念一子，如事父母，不可毀破。而菩薩聞外道惡人以惡言謗破佛戒之聲，如三百鉾刺心，千刀萬杖打拍其身，等無有異。寧自入地獄經於百劫，而不一聞惡人以惡言謗破佛戒之聲，而況自破佛戒，教人破法因緣，亦無孝順之心。若故作者，犯輕垢罪。

If a disciple of the Buddha has left the household life with good intentions, but for the sake of fame and profit explains the Buddha's precepts before kings and officials, arbitrarily imposing bindings upon monks, nuns, and precept-holding bodhisattva disciples, like the law for prisoners, like the law for soldiers and slaves—this is like worms within a lion's body feeding upon the lion's own flesh, not worms from elsewhere. Such a disciple of the Buddha destroys the Buddha-Dharma from within, whereas non-Buddhists and heavenly demons cannot destroy it. One who has received the Buddha's precepts should protect the Buddha's precepts as one would cherish an only child, or serve one's parents; they must not be broken. When a bodhisattva hears the sound of non-Buddhists and evil people defaming and breaking the Buddha's precepts with wicked words, it is no different than having three hundred spears pierce one's heart, or having a thousand knives and ten thousand clubs beating one's body. One would rather enter hell oneself for a hundred kalpas than hear even once the sound of evil people defaming and breaking the Buddha's precepts with wicked words. How much more so should one not break the Buddha's precepts oneself, or cause others conditions for destroying the Dharma, being devoid of a filial mind! If one intentionally does so, one commits a duṣkṛta offense.