瑜伽師地論略纂 8.14

English (machine translation) 8.14

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8.14

The treatise says, "Like water-born filth-dwelling beetles and oxen, with the voice of a conch but the conduct of a dog": He comments: The Buddha-Dharma is like water; a monk who has broken the precepts is like the many filth-dwelling beetles and oxen upon the water. Furthermore, it is like a dog barking loudly, resembling the blowing of a conch shell, yet possessing the conduct of a dog; breaking the precepts is also like this—this is a metaphor for it.

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瑜伽師地論略纂 — Classical Chinese