法苑珠林 88.17

88.17

故楞伽經云。佛告大慧。菩薩有無量因緣不應食肉。我今略說十種因緣。一謂一切眾生從本已來展轉因緣。常為六親以親想故不應食肉。二驢騾馲駝狐狗牛馬人畜等肉屠者雜賣故。三不淨氣分所生長故。四眾生聞氣悉生恐悑。如旃陀羅。狗見憎惡驚怖群吠故。五令修行者慈心不生故。六凡愚所嗜臭穢不淨無善名稱故。七令諸呪術不成就故。人以殺生者見形起識染味著故。九彼食肉者諸天所棄令口氣臭多惡故。十空閑林中虎狼聞香。我常說言。凡所飲食作子肉想。作服藥想。故此過去有王。名師子蘇陀婆。食種種肉。遂至人肉。臣民不忍。即便謀反。如班足王經說。

Therefore, the Laṅkāvatāra-sūtra says: The Buddha told Mahāmati: 'A bodhisattva has immeasurable causes and conditions for which he should not eat meat. I will now briefly state ten causes and conditions. First, all sentient beings from the beginning have successively, through causes and conditions, constantly been one's six kinds of relatives; because of regarding them as kin, one should not eat meat. Second, butchers sell meats of donkeys, mules, dromedaries, foxes, dogs, oxen, horses, humans, and beasts mixed together. Third, it is produced and grown from impure elements. Fourth, sentient beings smelling the scent all give rise to terror; just as when dogs see a caṇḍāla, they hate him, become frightened, and bark in packs. Fifth, it causes the practitioner's mind of compassion not to arise. Sixth, it is relished by the ordinary and foolish, foul-smelling and impure, with no good reputation. Seventh, it prevents incantations and spells from being accomplished. Eighth, seeing forms, people who kill living beings arouse consciousness and become attached to flavours. Ninth, that meat-eater is abandoned by the gods, his breath foul and evil abundant. Tenth, in wilderness forests, tigers and wolves catch the scent. I have always said: Regarding all food and drink, regard it as the flesh of one's own child; regard it as taking medicine. For this reason, in the past there was a king named Siṃhasudhāva who ate various meats, eventually reaching human flesh; his ministers and people could not bear it, and immediately rebelled, as explained in the Kalmāṣapāda-sūtra.'