廣弘明集 10.26

10.26

詔曰。罪有遮性。酒體生罪。今有耐酒之人。能飲不醉。又不弊神。亦不生罪。此人飲酒應不得罪。斯則能飲無過。不能招咎。何關斷酒以成戒善。可謂能飲耐酒常名持戒。少飲即醉是大罪人。

The edict said: "Transgressions are either preventive or intrinsic. The substance of alcohol generates guilt. Now there are people tolerant of alcohol, able to drink without getting drunk, whose spirits are not clouded and who do not give rise to transgressions. Such people who drink alcohol ought not to incur guilt. This means that being able to drink is blameless, while being unable to do so invites fault. What does cutting off alcohol have to do with establishing the goodness of precepts? One could say that those who can drink and tolerate alcohol are perpetually called precept-keepers, while those who get drunk upon drinking little are great sinners."