俱舍論頌疏論本 18.6
English (machine translation) 18.6
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18.6
"One preparatory action of taking life" means that shedding the blood of the Buddha is a preparatory sin of taking life; because the Tathāgata's body cannot be killed, there is no fundamental [act of murder]. Question: "Splitting the Saṅgha is false speech (mṛṣāvāda); why is it called 'splitting the Saṅgha'?" Answer: "The cause receives the name of the effect: false speech is the cause and the schism of the Saṅgha is the effect. That is, because the Saṅgha is only split due to false speech, or because this false speech is able to split the Saṅgha, it is called 'splitting the Saṅgha,' taking its name from its function."
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