[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) › 93.7 # 法苑珠林 93.7 法苑珠林 93.7 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [93.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.93.7) 述曰。此之一教有權有實。權則漸誘之訓。以輕脫重。初開無犯。據其障理非無其過。若約實教輕重俱禁。始末不犯。是名持戒。初據權說者。故未曾有經云。爾時國王太子。名曰祇陀。聞佛所說十善道法果報無窮。長跪叉手白佛言。佛昔令我受持五戒。今欲還捨。所以者何。五戒法中酒戒難持。畏得罪故。世尊告曰。汝飲酒時為何惡耶。祇陀白佛。國中豪強。時時相率齎持酒食。共相娛樂以致歡樂。自無惡也。何以故。得酒念戒無放逸故。飲酒不行惡也。佛言。善哉善哉。祇陀。汝今已得智慧方便。若世間人能如汝者。終身飲酒有何惡哉。如是行者。乃應生福無有罪也。若人飲酒不起惡業歡喜心故不起煩惱。善心因緣受善果報。如持五戒何有失乎。飲酒念戒益增其福。先持五戒今受十善。功德倍勝十善報也。 > The commentary states: This single teaching has the provisional and the real. The provisional is the instruction of gradual inducement, using the light to escape the heavy; at first permission is granted without an offense. But based on its principle of obscuration, it is not without fault. If considered according to the real teaching, both light and heavy are forbidden; from beginning to end without violation is what is called holding the precepts. Regarding the initial provisional explanation, the Scripture on What Has Never Been Before states: At that time, the King's crown prince, named Jeta, heard the Dharma of the ten paths of wholesome action explained by the Buddha, whose retributions are boundless. Kneeling long with palms joined, he addressed the Buddha: 'Formerly, the Buddha had me receive and uphold the five precepts; now I wish to return and renounce them. Why is this? Among the five precepts, the precept against alcohol is difficult to uphold, and I fear incurring transgression.' The World-Honoured One said: 'When you drink alcohol, what evil do you commit?' Jeta addressed the Buddha: 'The powerful and wealthy of the state from time to time gather together, bringing alcohol and food to amuse themselves together and bring about joy. In itself there is no evil. Why is this? When obtaining alcohol, I am mindful of the precepts, so there is no heedlessness. When drinking alcohol, I do not commit evil.' The Buddha said: 'Excellent, excellent! Jeta, you have now attained wisdom and skillful means. If people of the world could be like you, what evil would there be in drinking alcohol throughout life? For such a practitioner, it will rather generate merit and there will be no sin. If a person drinks alcohol without giving rise to evil karma, because of a joyful mind they do not give rise to afflictions; through the causal condition of a wholesome mind, they receive wholesome retribution. As when holding the five precepts, what loss could there be? Drinking alcohol while mindful of the precepts increases their merit even more. Having previously held the five precepts and now receiving the ten wholesome actions, the merit is twice as superior as the retribution of the ten wholesome actions.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 93.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.93.6) - [Next: 93.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.93.8) - [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.93.7) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [諸經要集](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.17.8) — Classical Chinese - [佛說未曾有因緣經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.avadana.adbhutadharmparyaya*zh-tanjing.2.49) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.93.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.93.7) · Pramāṇa