法苑珠林 93.38

93.38

又涅槃經云。一切眾生聞其肉氣。皆悉恐怖生畏死想。水陸空行有命之類。悉捨之走。咸言。此人是我等怨。是故菩薩不習食肉。為度眾生視現食肉。雖現食之其實不食。但諸眾生有執見者。不解如來方便說意。便即偏執毘尼局教。言佛聽食三種淨肉。亦謗我言。如來自食。彼愚癡人成大罪障。長夜墮於無利益處。亦不得見現在未來賢聖弟子。況當得見諸佛如來。大慧諸聲聞人等。常所應食米麵油蜜等。能生淨命。非法貯畜。非法受取。我說不淨。尚不聽食。何況聽食肉血不淨耶。非直食肉壞善障道。乃至邪命諂曲。以求自活。亦是障道。

Furthermore, the Nirvāṇa Sūtra states: "All sentient beings who smell the stench of meat are entirely terrified and give rise to thoughts of the fear of death. The classes of living beings that move in water, on land, or in the air, all abandon him and flee, all saying: 'This person is our enemy!' For this reason, bodhisattvas do not practice eating meat. To save sentient beings, they manifest eating meat; although they manifest eating it, in reality they do not eat it. But those sentient beings who cling to views do not understand the Tathāgata's intention in expediently speaking, and then dogmatically cling to the Vinaya's limited teachings, saying that the Buddha permitted eating the three kinds of pure meat, and also slander me by saying that the Tathāgata ate it himself. Those foolish people accumulate great sinful hindrances, falling for a long night into a place devoid of benefit, nor will they behold the worthy and noble disciples of the present or future, let alone the Buddhas and Tathāgatas. Mahāmati, things that the śrāvakas and others should always eat—such as rice, flour, oil, and honey—can produce pure livelihood. If hoarded against the Dharma or received against the Dharma, I say they are impure, and do not even permit them to be eaten; how much less do I permit eating the impurity of meat and blood? Not only does eating meat destroy the good and obstruct the Way, but even wrong livelihood and crooked flattery to seek one's own subsistence also obstruct the Way."