法苑珠林 93.57

93.57

又此經說。眾生身內有八十萬戶蟲。若斷一眾生命。即斷八十萬戶蟲命。若炙若煮。若淹若暴。皆有小蟲飛蛾蠅𦚭而附近之。如是展轉傍殺無量生命。雖不自手而殺。然屠者不敢自食。皆為食肉之人殺之。故知食肉之人即兼有殺業之罪。或有出家僧尼。躬在伽藍。共諸白衣。公然聚會。飲酒食肉。葷辛雜穢。污染伽藍。不愧尊像。如斯渾雜奚如外道。

That sūtra also says: 'Inside the body of a sentient being there are 800,000 families of worms. If one cuts short the life of a single sentient being, one cuts short the lives of 800,000 families of worms.' Whether broiled or boiled, pickled or dried in the sun, there are always small worms, flying moths, and flies that approach it. In this way, countlessly many living beings are collaterally killed in turn. Although one does not kill with one's own hand, butchers do not dare eat it themselves; it is killed entirely for the sake of those who eat meat. Therefore we know that those who eat meat partake in the sin of the karma of killing. Some ordained monks and nuns personally reside in saṃghārāmas yet openly gather with white-robed laypeople to drink wine and eat meat, their pungent roots and mixed foulness defiling the saṃghārāma, feeling no shame before the revered images. How does such contamination and mixture differ from the non-Buddhists?