法苑珠林 88.39

88.39

If an upāsaka makes a fire pit with a negligent mind: if a human falls in and dies, he commits an unpardonable offense; if non-humans, ghosts, spirits, and the like fall in and die, he commits a medium, pardonable offense; if livestock dies, he commits a minor, pardonable offense; if none dies, he commits a light, pardonable offense of the three preliminary actions. If he specifically intended only to make the fire pit for a human and not for others: if a human falls in and dies, he commits an unpardonable offense; if the human does not die, he commits an offense of preliminary action; if non-humans or livestock die, it is not an offense. If an upāsaka causes death through verbal action and incantations, or praises death and commends death, or an energetic person arouses an evil thought causing death, or causes abortion leading to death, the gravity of the offenses incurred is in all cases judged according to the above standards. Cases of non-offense: if someone while walking, coming, going out, or entering accidentally causes someone to fall onto wood, stone, etc., and die, none of these are offenses. The rest is fully explained in the Monastic Vinaya.