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廣弘明集 26.36

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26.36

Furthermore, when non-Buddhists receive gifts from others, it corresponds to their own practices: one observing the crow vows receives gifts for the crow vows; one observing the deer vows receives gifts for the deer vows. One observing the crow vows never conceals his vows to receive gifts for the deer vows, and one observing the deer vows never conceals his vows to receive gifts for the crow vows. Nowadays, those who have left the household say, 'I am capable of diligence; I am capable of asceticism,' temporarily concealing their true nature to deceive the laity. When going out, they drink wine, opening the gates of myriad evils; when returning inside, they devour meat, accumulating the root of myriad sufferings. This is the ninth way they fall short of non-Buddhists.

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