法苑珠林 90.31

English (machine translation) 90.31

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90.31

Furthermore, the Mahāsaṃnipāta-sūtra states: "A person who breaks the precepts is not protected or remembered by all the immeasurable Buddhas of the ten directions. Although called a bhikṣu, he is not counted among the Saṃgha. Why is this? Because he has entered the realm of Māra. I do not permit a person who violates the precepts to receive the faithful offerings of others even to the amount of a mustard seed. Why is this? Because this person has departed far from the Tathāgata's Dharma." Furthermore, a verse from the Saddharmasmṛtyupasthāna-sūtra states:

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法苑珠林 — 道世, Classical Chinese