[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [佛祖統紀](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035) › 4.23 # 佛祖統紀 4.23 佛祖統紀 4.23 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [4.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.4.23) 述曰。梵網制菩薩不應食肉。鹿苑之際小乘病開魚肉。楞伽則不應菩薩食肉。釋籤謂在四含後為漸制之始。既云菩薩不應食肉。故知小教仍開。今涅槃始。不聽聲聞弟子食肉。從今日始。則知大小俱制。正是扶律之意。末代出家可不知奉。 > The Commentary states: The Brahmājāla prohibited bodhisattvas from eating meat. During the period of the Deer Park, the Small Vehicle permitted fish and meat for the sick. The Laṅkāvatāra then forbade bodhisattvas to eat meat. The Shiqian states that this was after the four Āgamas and marked the beginning of gradual prohibition. Since it was stated that bodhisattvas must not eat meat, we know that the teachings of the Small \[Vehicle\] still allowed it. Now, beginning with the Nirvāṇa \[Sūtra\], śrāvaka disciples were not permitted to eat meat: 'from this day forward' reveals that both the Great and the Small are regulated together. This is precisely the intention of supporting the monastic discipline. How could monastics of the degenerate age not know to observe this? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 4.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.4.22) - [Next: 4.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.4.24) - [Up: 4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.4) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035~en-mt.4.23) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.4.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.4.23) · Pramāṇa