[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [梵網經古迹記](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1815) › 2.214 # 梵網經古迹記 2.214 梵網經古迹記 2.214 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.214](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1815.2.214) 述曰：《瑜伽》四十云：「於謗大乘及無信者，終不率爾宣示開悟。所以者何？為其聞已不能信解，大無知障之所覆蔽，便生誹謗。由誹謗故，如住菩薩淨戒律儀，成就無量大功德藏。彼誹謗者，亦為無量大罪業藏之所隨逐。」有此大過，故今制也。此中未受戒者，遮不發心。如《瑜伽》四十云：「欲授菩薩戒時，先應為說菩薩法藏摩怛履迦菩薩學處及犯處相，令其聽受，以慧觀察自所意樂，堪能思擇。」言「外道」者，求正法過。言「惡人」者，聞已謗也。「大邪見」者，總撥內外，恐增彼惡，故不為說。如《善戒經》云：不應向彼不信者說，乃至不向謗大乘者說。何以故？若不信者，以是因緣墮地獄故。除國王者，佛法付屬兩人：一、佛弟子以為內護，二、諸國王以為外護。故為說之。又王有力，當依戒律儀策勵行人，故須知也。言「不受佛戒名為畜生」者，此身雖人，無生因故，得當果名。 > The commentary states: Yogācārabhūmi, fascicle forty, says: "To those who slander the Mahāyāna and those without faith, one must never rashly expound and awaken them. Why is that? Because upon hearing it they cannot have faith and understanding, and being veiled by the great obstacle of ignorance, they will give rise to slander. Due to that slander, just as one who abides in the pure moral discipline of the bodhisattva accomplishes an immeasurable great treasury of merit, that slanderer is also pursued by an immeasurable great treasury of sinful karma." Because of this great fault, it is now prohibited. Here, "those who have not received the precepts" prevents those who have not generated the mind \[of bodhi\]. As Yogācārabhūmi, fascicle forty, says: "When wishing to transmit the bodhisattva precepts, one should first expound the bodhisattva training rules and the marks of points of defeat from the Bodhisattva Piṭaka Mātṛkā, causing them to listen and receive them, and with wisdom observe their own aspirations and whether they are capable of reflecting upon them." "Non-Buddhists" refers to those who look for faults in the true Dharma. "Evil persons" refers to those who slander it upon hearing it. "Those with great wrong views" refers to those who reject both the internal and external; fearing it will increase their evil, one does not speak to them. As the Bodhisattvabhūmi-śīla-sūtra says: one should not speak to those without faith, up to not speaking to those who slander the Mahāyāna. Why is that? Because if they lack faith, they will fall into hell on this account. "Except for kings": the Buddha's Dharma is entrusted to two kinds of persons: first, the Buddha's disciples as internal protectors; second, kings as external protectors. Therefore it is expounded for them. Moreover, kings have authority and should encourage practitioners based on the moral discipline of the precepts; therefore they must know it. As for "not receiving the Buddha's precepts is called being an animal": although this body is human, because it lacks the cause of \[noble\] birth, it receives the name of its future fruit. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.213](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1815.2.213) - [Next: 2.215](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1815.2.215) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1815.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1815~en-mt.2.214) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [菩薩戒本疏](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1814.2.144) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1815.2.214](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1815.2.214) · Pramāṇa