[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) › 17.44 # 諸經要集 17.44 諸經要集 17.44 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [17.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.17.44) 問曰。酒是和神之藥。肉為充飢之饍。古今同味。今獨何見鄙而不食。若使佛教清禁居喪禮制。即如對於嚴君。勅賜俗食。豈關僧過拒而不食耶。答曰。貪財喜色貞夫所鄙。好饍嗜美廉士所惡。割情從道前賢所歎。抑欲崇德往哲同嗟。況肉由殺命。酒能亂神。不食是理。寧可為非。縱逢上抑終須嚴斷。雖違君命還順佛心。 > Question: Liquor is a medicine that harmonizes the spirit; meat is food that satisfies hunger. They have tasted the same from ancient times to the present. Why now do you alone hold this view, despising them and not eating them? Even if the Buddha's teaching has pure prohibitions, just as in mourning rituals, when facing a stern ruler who bestows mundane food, how could a monk reject and refuse to eat it without fault? Answer: Greed for wealth and fondness for sex are despised by chaste men; craving delicacies and relishing fine food are detested by upright scholars. Severing passions to follow the Way was praised by former sages; curbing desires to exalt virtue was universally extolled by past philosophers. How much more so since meat derives from killing life, and liquor can disorder the spirit! Not eating is reasonable; how could it be wrong? Even if one meets with suppression from superiors, one must ultimately strictly abstain. Though one violates a ruler's command, one still accords with the Buddha's mind. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 17.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.17.43) - [Next: 17.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.17.45) - [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.17.44) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [法苑珠林](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.93.42) — 道世, Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.17.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.17.44) · Pramāṇa