法苑珠林 88.39

88.39

若優婆塞。或作火坑謾心造者。若人墮死犯不可悔罪。非人鬼神等墮中死者。犯中罪可悔。畜生死者。犯下罪可悔。若都無死者。犯三方便可悔輕罪。若剋心唯為人造火坑不通餘者。若人墮死犯不可悔。不死犯方便。非人畜生死者不犯。若優婆塞。或用口業呪術令死。或有歎死讚死。或有氣力人心起惡念令死。或墮胎令死。得罪重輕並同前准。不犯者。或有行來出入誤墮木石等死者。並不犯餘如內律具說。

If an upāsaka makes a fire pit with a negligent mind: if a human falls in and dies, he commits an unpardonable offense; if non-humans, ghosts, spirits, and the like fall in and die, he commits a medium, pardonable offense; if livestock dies, he commits a minor, pardonable offense; if none dies, he commits a light, pardonable offense of the three preliminary actions. If he specifically intended only to make the fire pit for a human and not for others: if a human falls in and dies, he commits an unpardonable offense; if the human does not die, he commits an offense of preliminary action; if non-humans or livestock die, it is not an offense. If an upāsaka causes death through verbal action and incantations, or praises death and commends death, or an energetic person arouses an evil thought causing death, or causes abortion leading to death, the gravity of the offenses incurred is in all cases judged according to the above standards. Cases of non-offense: if someone while walking, coming, going out, or entering accidentally causes someone to fall onto wood, stone, etc., and die, none of these are offenses. The rest is fully explained in the Monastic Vinaya.