[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) › [一切智光明仙人慈心因緣不食肉經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.183) › 1.20 # 一切智光明仙人慈心因緣不食肉經 1.20 一切智光明仙人慈心因緣不食肉經 1.20 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.183.1.20) 「『寧當然身破眼目，不忍行殺食眾生。 諸佛所說慈悲經，彼經中說行慈者， 寧破骨髓出頭腦，不忍噉肉食眾生。 如佛所說食肉者，此人行慈不滿足， 常受短命多病身，迷沒生死不成佛。』 > "'Better to burn one's body and destroy one's eyes / Than to bear killing and eating sentient beings. / The sūtras of loving-kindness and compassion spoken by all Buddhas, / In those sūtras it is said that one who practices loving-kindness / Would rather break the bones and marrow and expose the brain / Than bear eating meat and consuming sentient beings. / As the Buddha has said, one who eats meat, / This person's practice of loving-kindness is incomplete; / They will always receive a short life and a body full of illness, / Sunk and bewildered in saṃsāra, not attaining Buddhahood.'" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.183.1.19) - [Next: 1.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.183.1.21) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.183.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.183~en-mt.1.20) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (3) - [法苑珠林](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.64.52) — 道世, Classical Chinese - [觀彌勒上生兜率天經贊](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1772.1.10) — Classical Chinese - [三彌勒經疏](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1774.1.42) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.183.1.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.183.1.20) · Pramāṇa