[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) › [廣弘明集](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103) › 26.47 # 廣弘明集 26.47 廣弘明集 26.47 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [26.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.26.47) 諸大德僧尼。諸義學僧尼。諸寺三官。又復當思一事。凡噉食眾生是一切眾生惡知識。是一切眾生怨家。如是怨家遍滿六道。若欲修行皆為障難。一理中障難。二事中障難。何者。是理中障難。以業因緣自生障難。令此行人愚癡無慧。不知出要無有方便。設值善知識不能信受。設復信受不能習行。此是理中障難。事中障者。此諸怨對或在惡鬼中。或在毒獸中。或在有大力神中。或在大力龍中。或在魔中。或在天中。如是處處來作留難設令修行遇善知識深心信受適欲習行。便復難起。或引入邪道。或惱令心亂修戒修定修慧。修諸功德常不清淨常不滿足。皆是舊怨起諸對障。此是事中障難。如是之事又宜深心思。但以一噉食眾生因緣。能遠離一切佛法。有如是種種過患。貪毒亦如是。瞋毒亦如是。癡毒如是。三毒等分皆同過患。相與宜深自覺察善思方便。 > All venerable monks and nuns, all doctrinal monks and nuns, and all three officers of the monasteries, you should further reflect on one matter: devouring sentient beings makes one a bad friend to all sentient beings and an enemy to all sentient beings. Such enemies fill the six realms of rebirth; when one wishes to cultivate, they all become obstacles and difficulties. First, there are obstacles in principle; second, there are obstacles in phenomena. What are the obstacles in principle? Through karmic causes and conditions, obstacles naturally arise, causing this practitioner to be foolish and without wisdom, not knowing the way out and having no expedient means; even if they encounter a good friend, they cannot accept \[their teaching\] in faith; even if they accept it in faith, they cannot put it into practice. These are the obstacles in principle. As for obstacles in phenomena: these enemies may be among evil ghosts, or among venomous beasts, or among powerful spirits, or among powerful nāgas, or among māras, or among devas. From such places they come everywhere to cause hindrances. Suppose a practitioner encounters a good friend, accepts \[the teaching\] with deep faith, and is just about to put it into practice: then difficulties arise again. They are either led into heterodox paths, or troubled so that their minds become chaotic; cultivating precepts, cultivating concentration, cultivating wisdom, cultivating all merits, they are always impure and never fulfilled. These are all past enemies stirring up oppositions and obstacles. These are the obstacles in phenomena. Such matters also ought to be deeply reflected upon. Merely through the cause and condition of devouring sentient beings, one can become distant from all Buddha-dharma, having such various faults and afflictions. The poison of greed is also like this; the poison of anger is also like this; the poison of delusion is like this. The three poisons, in equal measure, share the same faults. Together, all of you should deeply examine yourselves and well consider expedient means. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 26.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.26.46) - [Next: 26.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.26.48) - [Up: 26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.26) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103~en-mt.26.47) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.26.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.26.47) · Pramāṇa