[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) › 93.48 # 法苑珠林 93.48 法苑珠林 93.48 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [93.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.93.48) 第三明食肉之人壞他信心。是故不應食肉也。如彼經云。若食肉者。眾生即失一切信心。便言世間無可信者。斷於信根。是故大慧。菩薩為護眾生信心。一切諸肉悉不應食。何以故。世間有人見食肉故。謗毀三寶。作如是言。於佛法中何處當有真實沙門婆羅門修梵行者。捨於聖人本所應食。食於眾生猶如羅剎。斷我法輪絕滅聖種。一切皆由食肉者過。是故大慧。我弟子者。為護惡人毀謗三寶。乃至不應生念肉想。何況食噉也。 > The third clarifies that a person who eats meat destroys others' faith; therefore one should not eat meat. As that sūtra states: "If one eats meat, sentient beings then lose all faith, and then say that there is no one in the world who can be trusted, severing the roots of faith. For this reason, Mahāmati, a bodhisattva, to protect sentient beings' faith, should not eat any meat at all. Why is that? Because there are people in the world who, seeing meat being eaten, slander the Three Jewels, speaking thus: 'Within the Buddha's Dharma, where could there be true śramaṇas or brāhmaṇas cultivating pure conduct? Abandoning what noble ones originally should eat, they devour sentient beings like rākṣasas, halting my Wheel of the Dharma and extinguishing the noble lineage.' This is all due to the fault of meat eaters. Therefore, Mahāmati, my disciples, to protect against evil people slandering the Three Jewels, should not even give rise to thoughts of desiring meat, let alone eating it." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 93.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.93.47) - [Next: 93.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.93.49) - [Up: 93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.93) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.93.48) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [諸經要集](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.17.49) — Classical Chinese - [入楞伽經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.lankavatara*zh-bodhiruci.8.27) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.93.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.93.48) · Pramāṇa