[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) › [釋門章服儀](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1894) › 1.7 # 釋門章服儀 1.7 釋門章服儀 1.7 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1894.1.7) 開士曰：「自法王利見，盛開導於慈悲；博愛之道，寔津梁於品彙。欲界亂善，尚兼濟為言初；色有靜緣，亦四弘為導首。況復道超區宇，德跨樊籠，非安忍於不仁，豈容情於殺戮？斷可知矣。卿不聞乎，重為開引。肉食之與蠶衣，隨機開制；損生之與害命，終期頓斷。是知適化之舉，妙以達性為功；攝用之略，畢歸資理為務。但以淳源久謝，澆風不追，遂使袈裟有變白之徵，沙門絕搜玄之路。擁膝長想，伊何具言。」 > The bodhisattva said: 'Ever since the Dharma King appeared to benefit \[the world\], he abundantly opened the way of compassion; the path of universal love is truly a ferry and bridge for all species. Even the distracted good deeds of the desire realm take universal salvation as their primary teaching; and the tranquil conditions of the form realm likewise hold the four great vows as their chief guide. How much more so for the Way that transcends all realms and virtue that leaps beyond the cage! One does not passively endure inhumanity—how could one harbor affection for slaughter? This can be known with certainty. Have you not heard? Let me explain it further for you. Regarding meat-eating and silken garments, permissions and prohibitions were established according to individual capacities; but regarding harming life and destroying existence, the ultimate intention is an immediate, total cessation. Thus one knows that the act of adapting to transform beings succeeds marvelously through realizing nature; and the strategy of gathering and employing ultimately aims at supporting the principle. Yet because the pure source has long since waned and the frivolous ways cannot be retrieved, kāṣāyas now show signs of turning white, and śramaṇas have severed the path of seeking the profound. Holding my knees and lost in long reflection, how could I express it in full?' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1894.1.6) - [Next: 1.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1894.1.8) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1894.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1894~en-mt.1.7) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1894.1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1894.1.7) · Pramāṇa