法苑珠林 93.51

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第六明食肉之人。學世呪術尚不得成。況出世法。何由可證。是故行者不應食肉。如彼經說。世間邪見諸呪術師。若其食肉呪術不成。為成邪術尚不食肉。況我弟子為求如來無上聖道出世解脫修大慈悲。精勤苦行猶恐不得。何處當有如是解脫。為彼癡人食肉而得其報。是故大慧。我諸弟子。為求出世解脫樂故不應食肉也。

The sixth clarifies that a person who eats meat cannot even accomplish worldly incantations, let alone supermundane dharmas—how could they ever be realized? Therefore practitioners should not eat meat. As that sūtra states: "If worldly sorcerers of wrong views eat meat, their spells will not succeed. In order to accomplish even heterodox arts, they still do not eat meat; how much less can my disciples, seeking the Tathāgata's unexcelled noble path and supermundane liberation, cultivating great loving-kindness and compassion with diligent austerities, still fearing they will not attain it—where could there ever be such liberation attained as a reward by those foolish people eating meat? For this reason, Mahāmati, all my disciples, seeking the bliss of supermundane liberation, should not eat meat."