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弘明集 8.40

弘明集 8.40

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Classical Chinese

8.40

第三破曰。入身而破身人生之體。一有毀傷之疾。二有髠頭之苦。三有不孝之逆。四有絕種之罪。五有生之體。從識唯學不孝。何故言哉。誡令不跪父母。便競從之。兒先作沙彌。其母後作阿尼。則跪其兒。不禮之教中國絕之。何可得從。

The third refutation states: "Entering the person, it destroys the person, the body of human life. First, there is the affliction of injury and harm; second, there is the suffering of having the head shaved; third, there is the rebellion of being unfilial; fourth, there is the crime of severing one's lineage; fifth, regarding this living body, from having consciousness one only learns unfiliality. Why should I say so? When commanded not to kneel to one's parents, they immediately vie to obey it. If a son first becomes a śrāmaṇera, and his mother later becomes a bhikṣuṇī, she must kneel to her son. The Middle Kingdom has severed such teachings lacking in propriety—how could one follow them?"

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