龍舒增廣淨土文 6.30

6.30

養蠶者當自念云：蠶為絲以為人衣，此固世間常理，然亦是殺害物命。世人以為馬鳴菩薩考於藏經本無此說，唯說佛訓弟子，不得衣綿絹及用皮為鞋履，為殺物命而得。人既以養蠶為業，豈可不知慚愧？當常懺悔，念阿彌陀佛，發大願云：「願我見佛得道之後，盡度養蠶以來所殺一切蠶命。」使念念不絕，念自純熟，亦生極樂世界。若轉以化人，使相勸化，現世必獲福報，身後亦中品生。

Those who raise silkworms should reflect to themselves thus: 'Silkworms make silk for human clothing; while this is indeed the common course of the world, it is nonetheless killing living beings. Worldly people attribute this to Bodhisattva Aśvaghoṣa, but upon examining the Tripiṭaka scriptures, there is originally no such statement; it only says that the Buddha instructed his disciples that they must not wear silk floss and thin silk, nor use leather for shoes and footwear, because they are obtained by killing living beings. Since one has taken the raising of silkworms as one's profession, how could one not feel shame and remorse? One should constantly repent, recollect Amitābha Buddha, and make a great vow saying: "May I, after seeing the Buddha and attaining the Way, completely deliver the lives of all silkworms killed since I began raising silkworms." Let thought after thought be uninterrupted; when thoughts naturally become pure and ripe, one will also be born in Sukhāvatī.' If one turns around to transform others, causing them to exhort and transform one another, one will certainly obtain retribution of blessings in the present life, and after death will also be born in the middle grade.