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辯正論 6.103

辯正論 6.103

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6.103

注正法念經云。譬如蝙蝠。人捕鳥時入穴為鼠。人捕鼠時出穴為鳥。今之祭酒蓋然。畜妻子謂有慈愛。勤耕稼謂不毀髮膚。王役課調則謂出家。亦猶蝙蝠之出入也。

The Note states: The *Saddharmasmṛtyupasthāna Sūtra* says: 'For example, like a bat: when people catch birds, it enters a hole as a rat; when people catch rats, it leaves the hole as a bird.' Today's [Daoist] Libationers are precisely like this. Keeping wives and children, they claim to possess loving-kindness; diligently plowing and sowing, they claim not to harm hair and skin; yet when royal labor and taxes are levied, they claim to have left the household. This is also just like the bat going in and out.

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