法苑珠林 81.5

81.5

Furthermore, the Bodhisattvabhūmi states: If a bodhisattva's giving causes another to suffer, or brings about oppression, or involves cheating and unrighteous seeking, and one's own power or another's power does not accord with their wishes, then for the sake of sentient beings, one would rather abandon one's own body and life than follow their desires. If it brings about oppression, one does not give it; that is not the time for a bodhisattva to practice pure giving. Regarding what a bodhisattva does not give externally: if there are sentient beings who come begging for poison, fire, weapons, liquor, pandering, theatrical performances, and other such unrighteous things, the bodhisattva does not give them. If one were to give them, much evil would arise, causing them to fall into the evil destinies and fail to reach the other shore. However, if another person seeks parts of my own body, one must give them at once, without measuring the other person and giving rise to a regressive or hesitant mind.