釋禪波羅蜜次第法門 4.60

4.60

Answer: The Bodhisattva Precepts have a clear statement: 'All men are my fathers, all women are my mothers; yet if a bodhisattva does not give rise to loving-kindness and compassion, practices lust without restraint, and does not avoid the six close relatives, they commit a pārājika offense.' If one contemplates the men and women before them as father, mother, and child, one will naturally respect and love them, giving rise in mind to thoughts of loving-kindness, which can destroy lustful desire. Just as with parents, they never give rise to unwholesome thoughts toward their children.