廣弘明集 26.127

26.127

文殊師利白佛言。世尊因如來藏故諸佛不食肉耶。佛言。如是。一切眾生無始生死。生生輪轉無非父母兄弟姊妹。猶如伎兒變易無常。自肉他肉則是一肉。是故諸佛悉不食肉。復次文殊師利。一切眾生界我界即是一界。所宅之肉即是一肉。是故諸佛悉不食肉。文殊師利白佛言。世尊。珂貝蠟蜜皮革繒綿。非自界肉耶。佛告文殊師利。勿作是語。如來遠離一切世間。如來不食。若言習近世間物者。無有是處。若習近者是方便。法若物展轉來者則可習近。若物所出處不可習近。若展轉來離殺者手則可習近。文殊師利白佛言。今此城中有一皮。師能作革。屣有人買施。是展轉來。佛當受不。復次世尊。若自死牛。牛主從栴陀羅取皮持付皮師。師作革屣施持戒人。此展轉來。可習近不。佛告文殊師利。若自死牛。牛主持皮用作革屣。施持戒人。為應受不。若不受者是比丘法。若

Mañjuśrī said to the Buddha: "World-Honoured One, is it because of the tathāgatagarbha that the buddhas do not eat meat?" The Buddha said: "It is so. In the beginningless birth and death of all sentient beings, revolving through life after life, there is none who has not been a father, mother, elder brother, younger brother, or sister, just like an actor transforming unpredictably. One's own flesh and another's flesh are just one flesh; therefore, the buddhas do not eat any meat. Furthermore, Mañjuśrī, the realm of all sentient beings and my realm are just one realm; the flesh that houses it is just one flesh; therefore, the buddhas do not eat any meat." Mañjuśrī said to the Buddha: "World-Honoured One, are not mother-of-pearl, shells, wax, honey, leather, silk, and cotton wool the flesh of one's own realm?" The Buddha told Mañjuśrī: "Do not speak this way. The Tathāgata keeps far away from all worldly things; the Tathāgata does not eat [them]. If it is said that he habitually associates with worldly things, there is no such thing. If he habitually associates with them, it is a skillful means. If an item comes by successive transmission, one may make use of it. If it is the place from which the item originates, one must not make use of it. If it comes by successive transmission and has left the hands of the killer, one may make use of it." Mañjuśrī said to the Buddha: "Now in this city there is a leather artisan who can make leather shoes. Someone buys them and gives them as an alms offering. This is coming by successive transmission; should the Buddha accept them or not? Furthermore, World-Honoured One, if a cow dies of itself, the cow owner takes the hide from a caṇḍāla and gives it to the leather artisan, and the artisan makes leather shoes and offers them to a person who keeps the precepts—this having come by successive transmission, may one make use of them or not?" The Buddha told Mañjuśrī: "If a cow dies of itself, and the cow owner takes the hide to make leather shoes and offers them to a person who keeps the precepts, should he accept them or not? If he does not accept them, that is the rule for bhikṣus; if