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俱舍論頌疏論本 18.36

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18.36

"Drawing the Buddha's blood with intent to strike, or killing a subsequent non-learner, does not constitute it": "does not constitute it" means there is no act of immediate retribution. This word "does not" applies to two places: first, if one does not produce an intention to kill, but only produces an intention to strike, drawing blood from the Buddha's body does not constitute the sin of immediate retribution; second, killing a subsequent non-learner also does not constitute an immediate retribution—meaning that at the time of the killing [the victim] had not yet become a non-learner (aśaikṣa), and only when on the verge of death did he become a non-learner, which is called a 'subsequent non-learner.'"

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