[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) › [道宣律師感通錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2107) › 1.38 # 道宣律師感通錄 1.38 道宣律師感通錄 1.38 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2107.1.38) 問曰。可無善神龍王。何因縱其造罪。答曰。血食之神咸來嚮衛。諸受佛語者。守護大乘寺僧。余曰。常見此國。以殺戮為功。每願若死生龍鬼中。有大勢力令其不殺。如何此神還復縱殺者。答曰。並是眾生惡業所致。魚羊還債。此是常理。余曰。還債之業。誠是可嘉。然彼殺噉無不由惑。惑是貪癡。貪癡之惑。結在惡道。如何諸神故縱造也。答曰。亦是業定。諸佛尚不能除。況諸神者。生此國中。正念既失。便縱其殺。余曰。先有此願。脫生失念。隨彼如何。自非觀行明白。在泥不淄。方可行此。如何如何。又問。彌天釋道安。宇內式瞻。云乘赤驢。荊襄朝夕而見。未審如何。答曰虛也。 > I asked: "Could there be no good spirits or nāga kings? Why do they allow them to commit such sins?" He answered: "Spirits that feed on blood all come to guard and protect \[them\]. Those who have received the Buddha's words guard and protect the Mahāyāna monasteries and monks." I said: "I often see that in this country killing and slaughter are regarded as meritorious. I have always vowed that if I die and am reborn among the nāgas or ghosts with great power, I would make them not kill. Why do these spirits still indulge killing?" He answered: "It is entirely brought about by the evil karma of sentient beings. The fish and sheep are repaying debts; this is the constant principle." I said: "The karma of repaying debts is indeed commendable. However, their killing and eating always arise from delusion. Delusion is greed and ignorance. The delusion of greed and ignorance binds one to the evil destinies. Why do the spirits deliberately allow them to commit \[it\]?" He answered: "This too is fixed karma. Even the Buddhas cannot remove it, let alone the spirits! When born in this country, once their samyak-smṛti is lost, they simply indulge their killing." I said: "One previously had this vow, yet upon taking birth one loses mindfulness; what can be done about it? Unless one's meditative practice is distinctly luminous, remaining unstained even in mud, only then can this be carried out. How can this be? How can this be?" I also asked: "Shi Dao'an, 'whose fame fills the heavens,' was looked up to throughout the world. It is said that he rode a red donkey and was seen morning and evening between Jing and Xiang. I do not know if this is so." He answered: "It is false." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2107.1.37) - [Next: 1.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2107.1.39) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2107.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2107~en-mt.1.38) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [律相感通傳](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1898.1.143) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2107.1.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2107.1.38) · Pramāṇa