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瑜伽師地論略纂 4.28

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4.28

Among non-restraints, “slandering and stinging” refers to those who only practice slanderous fawning and jeer at others to make a living, of an ill-natured sort, the intimidation type. “Executing judgment” refers to persons in the Western Regions separately designated to pass judicial sentence, who seek wealth to make a living. Here there are twelve kinds; the Abhidharma-samuccaya has fourteen. This text lacks three of theirs: (1) hunting deer; (2) catching fish; (3) harming cattle. That text lacks this one: executing judgment. The Mahāparinirvāṇa-sūtra speaks of sixteen: cattle, sheep, pigs, and chickens, raised for profit, resold after fattening, bought for profit, and slaughtered after purchase, making eight kinds; catching fish, catching birds, hunters, robbers, executioners, backbiters, jailers, and snake-charmers make another eight. It lacks this executing judgment and binding elephants. The Saṃyuktābhidharma-hṛdaya speaks of twelve: slaughtering sheep, raising pigs, raising chickens, catching fish, catching birds, hunters, thieves, executioners, jailers, snake-charmers, ambushing birds, and slaughtering dogs. The various texts differ, but simply speaking, where harmful mental karma is extensive and taken as one's primary trade to make a living, these are all non-restraint. A few examples are cited in brief, not limited to just these. If not so, would not someone specializing in killing horses and donkeys also be included? The full list of members and the conditions for obtaining and relinquishing them are also as in the separate chapter. Intermediate karma and the like, manifest and unmanifest, and whether attained by a Buddha or not, are all as explained in that chapter.

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