諸經要集 17.49

17.49

第三明食肉之人壞他信心。是故不應食肉也。如彼經云。若食肉者。眾生即失一切信心。便言世間無可信者。斷於信報。是故大慧。菩薩為護眾生信心。一切諸肉悉不應食。何以故。世間有人見食肉故。謗毀三寶作如是言。於佛法中。何處當有真實沙門婆羅門修梵行者。捨於聖人本所應食。食於眾生猶如羅剎。斷我法輪絕滅聖種。一切皆由食肉者過。是故大慧。我弟子者。為護惡人毀謗三寶。乃至不應生念肉想。何況食噉也。

Third, explaining that meat-eaters ruin the faith of others; therefore, they should not eat meat. As that sūtra says: "If one eats meat, sentient beings immediately lose all faith and then say that there is no one in the world worthy of trust, cutting off the retribution of faith. Therefore, Mahāmati, to protect the faith of sentient beings, bodhisattvas should not eat any meat at all. Why? Because people in the world, seeing meat being eaten, slander the Triratna and say: 'In the Buddha's Dharma, where could there be real śramaṇas and brāhmaṇas who cultivate brahmacarya? They abandon what sages originally ought to eat, and eat sentient beings just like rākṣasas, severing my wheel of Dharma and annihilating the noble lineage.' This is all due to the fault of meat-eaters. Therefore, Mahāmati, my disciples, to protect evil people from slandering the Triratna, should not even give rise to thoughts of meat, how much less consume it!"