[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) › [成唯識論了義燈](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1832) › 5.127 # 成唯識論了義燈 5.127 成唯識論了義燈 5.127 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [5.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1832.5.127) 《論》：謂禽獸等可造業不？如《樞要》說《要集》云：純苦趣中，及禽獸等愚鈍之類，不起分別。論有誠文，於雜受處，如龍鬼等點利之者，亦得聽法，種種計盡，應有分別。如經中說，鬼拍舍利頭，陷身入地獄。證知鬼中造往惡趣業，人愚鈍者行殺生等，必能造往惡趣業，義同禽獸。今謂不爾，三惡趣中，造感別報善惡業者，此即可爾。總報不造，無分別故。禽獸苦微，不簡愚點皆不能起。若以鬼打舍利子頭，即證造總感惡趣業，經中亦說龍鬼聞經見諦得果，豈許實耶？許即違論，不許違經。故知經中據化相說入見諦等，感善惡趣，據助感說。 > The treatise says: "Can birds and beasts generate karma?" As stated in the Shiyao: The Yaoji says: "In the realms of pure suffering, and among dull-witted kinds such as birds and beasts, discrimination does not arise. The treatises contain explicit texts. In places of mixed feelings, sharp-witted ones among nāgas and ghosts can also hear the Dharma, and all kinds of reckonings are exhausted, so they must have discrimination. As stated in a sūtra: a ghost struck Śāriputra's head and sank bodily into hell. This proves that among ghosts, karma leading to the bad destinies is generated; foolish humans who commit acts like killing must certainly be able to generate karma leading to the bad destinies, their principle being identical to birds and beasts." Now I say this is not so: among the three bad destinies, this is admissible for generating good and bad karma that induces distinctive retribution. They do not generate general retribution, because they lack discrimination. In birds and beasts, suffering is slight; without distinguishing dull from sharp, none can give rise to it. If striking Śāriputra's head by a ghost proves the generation of karma that generally induces bad destinies, sūtras also state that nāgas and ghosts hear sūtras, see the truths, and attain the fruits—could this be accepted as real? If accepted, it contradicts the treatises; if not accepted, it contradicts the sūtras. Therefore, know that the sūtras speak according to the manifestation of transformation regarding entering the vision of the truths and so forth; inducing good and bad destinies is stated in terms of auxiliary induction. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 5.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1832.5.126) - [Next: 5.128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1832.5.128) - [Up: 5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1832.5) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1832~en-mt.5.127) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1832.5.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1832.5.127) · Pramāṇa