[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) › [法苑珠林](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122) › 19.50 # 法苑珠林 19.50 法苑珠林 19.50 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [19.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.19.50) 又十輪經云。佛言。若諸比丘依佛法出家。一切天人阿脩羅皆應供養。若護持戒不應謫罰閉繫刖其手足乃至奪命。悉無是法。若有破戒比丘如敗膿壞。非梵行而言梵行。退失墮落聖道果證。為諸煩惱結使所壞。猶能開示一切天龍人非人等無量功德珍寶伏藏。是以依我出家。若持戒若破戒。我悉不聽輪王大臣宰相不得謫罰繫閉加諸鞭杖截其手足乃至斷命。況復餘輕犯小威儀。破戒比丘雖是死人。是戒餘力猶如牛黃。是牛雖死人故取之。亦如石香死後有用。能大利益一切眾生。惡行比丘雖犯禁戒。其戒勢力猶能利益無量天人。譬如燒香。香體雖壞熏他令香。破戒比丘亦復如是。自墮惡道能令眾生增長善根。以是因緣一切白衣不應侵毀輕蔑破戒比丘。皆當守護尊重供養。不聽謫罰繫閉其身乃至奪命。爾時世尊而說偈言。 > Furthermore, the \*Daśacakra-sūtra\* states: The Buddha said, “If bhikṣus go forth in reliance on the Buddha's Dharma, all devas, humans, and asuras should make offerings to them. If they guard and uphold the precepts, one should not penalize, imprison, amputate their hands and feet, or even take their lives; there is no such standard anywhere. If there is a precept-breaking bhikṣu who is like rotten pus, who lacks celibate conduct yet claims celibate conduct, who has regressed and fallen from the fruits and realizations of the noble path, and is ruined by the fetters of the afflictions, he can still reveal to all devas, dragons, humans, non-humans, and the like the hidden treasury of immeasurable precious merits. Therefore, whether someone who has gone forth in reliance upon me upholds the precepts or breaks the precepts, I do not permit cakravartins, high ministers, or prime ministers to penalize them, imprison them, subject them to whips and canes, sever their hands and feet, or even end their lives—how much less for minor infractions and slight \[lapses of\] deportment! Although a precept-breaking bhikṣu is like a dead person, the remaining power of the precepts is like ox bezoar (gorocanā): though the ox is dead, people still take it. It is also like stone fragrance (shixiang), which remains useful after death, able to bring great benefit to all sentient beings. Although an evil-acting bhikṣu violates the prohibitory precepts, the power of those precepts can still benefit immeasurable devas and humans. For instance, when burning incense, although the substance of the incense is destroyed, it perfumes others with fragrance. A precept-breaking bhikṣu is also like this: while falling into the evil destinies himself, he can cause living beings to increase their roots of goodness. For this reason, all white-robed laypeople should not violate, defame, or despise a precept-breaking bhikṣu, but must protect, revere, and make offerings to him, and are not permitted to penalize, imprison his body, or even take his life.” At that time, the World-Honoured One spoke a gāthā, saying: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 19.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.19.49) - [Next: 19.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.19.51) - [Up: 19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.19) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.19.50) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [諸經要集](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.2.112) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.19.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.19.50) · Pramāṇa