[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) › [諸經要集](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123) › 17.39 # 諸經要集 17.39 諸經要集 17.39 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [17.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.17.39) 又涅槃經云。一切眾生聞其肉氣皆悉恐怖生畏死想。水陸空行有命之類。悉捨之走。咸言。此人是我等怨。是故菩薩不習食肉。為度眾生示現食肉。雖現食之其實不食。但諸眾生有執見者。不解如來方便說意。便即偏執毘尼局教。言佛聽食三種淨肉。亦謗我言。如來自食。彼愚癡人成大罪障。長夜墮於無利益處。亦不得見現在未來賢聖弟子。況當得見諸佛如來。大慧。諸聲聞人等常所應食。米麵油蜜等能生淨命。非法貯畜非法受取。我說不淨。尚不聽食。何況聽食肉血不淨耶。非直食肉壞善障道。乃至邪命諂曲以求自活。亦是障道。 > Furthermore, the Nirvāṇa Sūtra says: "When any sentient being smells the scent of meat, they are all terrified and conceive fear of death. Creatures possessing life that travel by water, land, or air all abandon him and flee, all saying: 'This person is our enemy.' Therefore, bodhisattvas do not practice meat-eating. To deliver sentient beings, they may manifest eating meat; although manifesting eating it, in truth they do not eat it. But those sentient beings who have dogmatic views fail to understand the Tathāgata's intention in expedient teaching, and immediately cling strictly to the narrow teaching of the Vinaya, saying that the Buddha permitted the eating of three kinds of clean meat, and also slander me, saying: 'The Tathāgata himself ate it.' Those foolish people incur great obstacles of sin, falling throughout the long night into places of no benefit, nor will they behold the worthy and noble disciples of the present and future, much less behold the Buddhas and Tathāgatas. Mahāmati! That which the śrāvakas and others should always eat—such as grains, flour, oil, and honey—can produce pure livelihood. If unlawfully stored up or unlawfully received, I declare it to be impure and do not even permit it to be eaten, how much less permit the eating of the impurity of meat and blood? Not only does meat-eating ruin good and obstruct the path, but even wrong livelihood and crooked flattery in seeking one's own subsistence likewise obstruct the path." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 17.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.17.38) - [Next: 17.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.17.40) - [Up: 17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.17) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123~en-mt.17.39) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [法苑珠林](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.93.38) — 道世, Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.17.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.17.39) · Pramāṇa