菩薩戒本疏 2.107

2.107

"The Buddha said: 'Disciples of the Buddha! After the Buddha’s parinirvāṇa, in an evil age, if you see non-Buddhists, any evil persons, robbers, or bandits selling images of the Buddha, bodhisattvas, or parents; or selling the sūtras and vinaya; or trafficking in bhikṣus and bhikṣuṇīs, or also selling practitioners who are bodhisattvas having generated the bodhicitta; or making them official servants or making them slaves to any persons—when the bodhisattva has seen these things, they should generate a mind of compassion and use skillful means to rescue and protect them, teaching and transforming everywhere, taking material wealth to ransom images of the Buddha and bodhisattvas, as well as bhikṣus, bhikṣuṇīs, bodhisattvas who have generated the mind, and all sūtras and vinaya. If one does not ransom them, one commits a duṣkṛta offense.'"