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釋淨土群疑論 3.12

釋淨土群疑論 3.12

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Classical Chinese

3.12

問曰:依《佛藏經》及諸律等說,破戒比丘等,釋迦牟尼佛以手遮約,非我弟子、我非彼師,不許踐僧伽藍之足跟地,如斷多羅樹不可再生,又如拆石不可還合。佛法大海不受破戒尸屍,於一切法事畢不足僧數,清淨布薩之處不得預中,十方僧食佛不許食,用信施物悉成重罪,國王大地水乃至不許飲其一渧。於此出家眾中僧伽藍內,佛尚不許容身,名為賊行賊住;況諸佛淨土純是聖人,而此惡人得與一生補處俱會一處也?將恐此義,定不得生。

Question: According to the Fo zang jing and the various vinayas, when it comes to monks who have broken the precepts and the like, Śākyamuni Buddha restrained them with his hand, saying: 'You are not my disciples; I am not your master.' He did not permit them to step foot upon the ground of the saṅghārāma, just as a severed palm tree cannot grow again, and just as a split rock cannot be joined back together. The great ocean of the Buddha's Dharma does not tolerate the corpse of one who has broken the precepts; in all Dharma affairs, they are strictly insufficient to count toward the saṅgha quorum; they may not participate in the precinct of the pure poṣadha; the Buddha does not permit them to eat the food of the saṅgha of the ten directions; their use of offerings of faith completely constitutes a grave sin; and they are not permitted to drink even a single drop of the water of the king's land. Within this saṅgha of renunciants, within the saṅghārāma, the Buddha would not even grant them room to dwell, calling their conduct 'thieving conduct' and their dwelling 'thieving dwelling.' How much less, in the pure lands of the buddhas which are purely composed of noble ones, could such evil persons assemble together in the same place with those destined to buddhahood in one lifetime (ekajātipratibaddha)? I fear that on this principle, they certainly cannot attain rebirth.

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