佛祖統紀 3.110

3.110

十八年（丁酉）佛在南海濱楞伽山頂說楞伽阿跋多羅寶經。大慧菩薩問世尊言。外道尚遮不許食肉。何況如來大悲含育。而許自他令食肉耶。佛答菩薩。有無量因緣不應食肉。謂一切眾生從本以來。展轉因緣常為六親。以親故不應食肉。不淨氣分所生長故不應食肉。眾生聞氣悉生怖畏如旃陀羅不應食肉。令諸呪術不成故不應食肉（按華嚴鈔云。楞伽山。夜叉羅婆所居。此云不可往。唯神通者能到。阿跋多羅。此云遊入。謂佛大眾渡海彼岸。受夜叉王請。升空而往○籤云。若大乘中。梵網已制之始。作此說。當知楞伽在四含之後。為漸制之始。佛答菩薩不應食肉。故知仍存小教中開）。又說金光明經楞嚴三昧經（楞嚴。此云健相。分別知諸三昧種多少淺深。如大將知諸兵力多少。見旌累。次第）勝鬘夫人經（具稱勝鬘師子吼一乘方便大方廣經。籤云。勝鬘是末利夫人女。末利及王。既信佛已以書與女。女對使者而說偈言。仰惟佛世尊。普為眾生出。亦應愍我等。速來至此處。即發此念時。佛於空中現。又說偈云。如來妙色身。世間無與等。無比不思議。是故今信禮云云○末利是柰樹生女。波斯匿王妃）。

In the eighteenth year (dingyou), the Buddha was on the summit of Mount Laṅkā by the southern seashore and preached the Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra. Bodhisattva Mahāmati asked the Bhagavat, 'Non-Buddhists even forbid and do not permit the eating of meat; how much less should the Tathāgata, in his great compassion nurturing all beings, permit oneself and others to eat meat?' The Buddha answered the bodhisattva, 'There are immeasurable causes and conditions why one should not eat meat. That is to say, all sentient beings from the beginningless past, through the revolving causes and conditions, have continuously been one's six classes of kin; because they are one's kin, one should not eat meat. Because it is grown and produced from impure vapors, one should not eat meat. Because sentient beings who smell the odor all give rise to terror, as if toward a caṇḍāla, one should not eat meat. Because it prevents spells and dhāraṇīs from succeeding, one should not eat meat.' (Note: The Huayan chao says, 'Mount Laṅkā is the dwelling place of the yakṣa Rāvaṇa. Translated here, it means "Inaccessible"; only those with supernormal powers can reach it. Avatāra is translated here as "entering/traveling into", referring to the Buddha and the great assembly crossing to the other shore of the sea, accepting the invitation of the yakṣa king, and ascending through the air to go there.' The Qian says, 'If within the Mahāyāna, the Brahmajāla Sūtra had already instituted the prohibition, this discourse was made here; one should know that the Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra came after the four Āgamas, serving as the beginning of the gradual prohibition. The Buddha answered the bodhisattva that meat should not be eaten, thus we know it still retained the dispensations of the Hinayāna teachings.') He also preached the Suvarṇaprabhāsa Sūtra, the Śūraṅgamasamādhi Sūtra (Śūraṅgama is translated here as 'valiant aspect', discerning and knowing the kinds, quantities, shallowness, and depths of all samādhis, just as a great general knows the strength of various troops by observing their banners and arrays), and the Śrīmālādevī Sūtra (its full title being the Śrīmālādevī-siṃhanāda-ekayāna-upāya-mahāvaipulya Sūtra. The Qian says: 'Śrīmālā was the daughter of Queen Mallikā. Mallikā and the king, having already believed in the Buddha, sent a letter to their daughter. The daughter faced the messenger and spoke in verse: "I revere and reflect upon the Buddha, the Bhagavat, / who appears universally for the sake of all living beings; / he should also take pity on us, / and quickly come to this place." Immediately upon giving rise to this thought, the Buddha manifested in the air. She spoke further verses: "The Tathāgata's wondrous form-body / has no equal in the world; / incomparable and inconceivable, / therefore now I faithfully make obeisance..." and so on. Mallikā was a daughter born under a nai tree, and was the queen consort of King Prasenajit.').