梵網經古迹記 2.147

2.147

述曰：以怨報怨，即違忍行。若失忍行，可謂退乘，故今制也。言「以瞋報瞋」等者，如《長壽王經》云：以怨報怨，怨終不滅；以德報怨，怨乃盡耳。是故菩薩不瞋為勇。言「若殺父母」至「不順孝道」者，問：俗禮之中，君父之怨不報非孝，何故今言於害王親報之違孝？答：孝有二種：世間之孝，以怨報怨，如草滅火；勝義之孝，以慈報怨，如水滅火。既信六道皆我父母，豈為一親更害一親？彼殺今親，後墮地獄，但可悲愍，更無可報。故以慈心平等解怨，速令斷絕孝中之孝。言「而出家菩薩無慈報讎」者，出家有二：一、心出家；二、身出家。故通二眾，不忍為非。如《戒經》云：「忍辱第一道，佛說無為最，出家惱他人，不名為沙門。」

Commentary: Repaying enmity with enmity violates the practice of forbearance. If one loses the practice of forbearance, one may be said to retrogress from the vehicle; hence it is now prohibited. Regarding 'repaying anger with anger', etc., as the Dīrghāyus-sūtra says: 'Repaying enmity with enmity will never end enmity; only by repaying enmity with virtue can enmity be brought to an end.' Therefore, a bodhisattva's absence of anger is true courage. Regarding 'if one's parents are killed' up to 'does not accord with filial piety': Question: In worldly rites, not avenging the enmity of one's lord or father is unfilial; why does [the text] now state that avenging the harm done to king or parents violates filial piety? Answer: There are two kinds of filial piety: worldly filial piety repays enmity with enmity, like extinguishing fire with grass; ultimate filial piety repays enmity with compassion, like extinguishing fire with water. Once one has faith that [sentient beings in] the six destinies are all one's parents, how could one, for the sake of one parent, further harm another parent? That person who killed one's present parent will later fall into hell and is only to be pitied; there is no cause for vengeance. Therefore, using a mind of compassion to resolve enmity equally, swiftly bringing it to an end, is filial piety among filial pieties. Regarding 'and a renunciant bodhisattva without compassion takes revenge': Renunciation is of two kinds: first, renunciation of the mind; second, renunciation of the body. Hence it applies to both assemblies; lack of forbearance is a wrongdoing. As the Vinaya-sūtra says: 'Forbearance is the supreme path; the Buddha declared nirvāṇa to be highest. A renunciant who afflicts others is not called a śramaṇa.'