龍舒增廣淨土文 9.14

9.14

《楞嚴經》佛謂想愛女色，心結不離，故有婬慾。則諸世間父母子孫相生不絕，是等則以欲貪為本，貪愛血味，心滋不止故有食肉，則諸世間卵化濕胎，隨力強弱遞相吞食。是等則以殺貪為本。以人養羊，羊死為人、人死為羊，食餘眾生亦復如是。死死生生互來相噉，惡業俱生窮未來際。若此則以盜貪為本，汝負我命、我還汝債，以是因緣，經百千劫常在生死。汝愛我心、我憐汝色，以是因緣，經百千劫常在纏縛。此殺、盜、婬三者為之根本。以是因緣，惡業果報相續不已。如西方淨土，受清淨身，不因婬欲而生；食清淨食，不因殺害而得；友清淨人，不因染著而交。是皆脫去此等。然修上品者，此等亦不可不知。

In the Śūraṅgama-sūtra, the Buddha stated that through desiring and clinging to female beauty, the mind is bound and does not depart, hence there is sexual desire. Thus across all worldly realms, parents and children generate one another without cease; such things have craving and desire as their root. From craving and relishing the taste of blood, the mind's indulgence does not stop, hence there is the eating of meat; thus across all worldly realms, creatures born from eggs, by transformation, from moisture, and from wombs devour one another in succession according to the strength of their power. Such things have the craving for killing as their root. Humans raise sheep; when the sheep die, they become humans, and when the humans die, they become sheep; eating other sentient beings is also like this. Through endless deaths and births they mutually devour one another, evil karma being born together with them to the exhaustion of the future. This, then, has the craving for stealing as its root: you owe me my life, and I repay you my debt; through these causes and conditions, for hundreds of thousands of kalpas they remain constantly in birth-and-death. You love my mind, and I pity your beauty; through these causes and conditions, for hundreds of thousands of kalpas they remain constantly in bondage. These three—killing, stealing, and sexual misconduct—are the root. Through these causes and conditions, the retributions of evil karma continue incessantly. As for the Western Pure Land, one receives a pure body not born from sexual desire; one eats pure food not obtained through killing and harming; one befriends pure people not associating through defiled attachment. All these [defilements] are cast off there. However, for those cultivating for the highest grade, these matters must not be left unexamined.