[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) › 17.58 # 諸經要集 17.58 諸經要集 17.58 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [17.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.17.58) 又此經說。眾生身內有八十萬戶蟲。若斷一眾生命。即斷八十萬戶蟲命。若炙若煮若淹若暴。皆有小蟲。飛蛾蠅蛆而附近之。如是展轉傍殺無量生命。雖不自手而殺。然屠者不敢自食。皆為食肉之人殺之。故知食肉之人。即兼有殺業之罪。或有出家僧尼。躬在伽藍。共諸白衣公然聚會。飲酒食肉熏辛雜穢。污染伽藍不愧尊顏。如斯渾雜豈勝外道。又尼羅浮陀地獄經云。身如段肉無有識知。此是何人。皆由飲酒出家僧尼。豈不深信經教心生重愧。自棄正法同於外道。若噉眾生父肉。眾生亦噉父肉。若噉眾生母肉。眾生亦噉母肉。如是姊兄弟妹男女六親。並有相對。怨怨相讐未可得脫。 > Furthermore, this sūtra says: 'Within the body of a sentient being there are eighty thousand families of worms. If one terminates the life of one sentient being, one terminates the lives of eighty thousand families of worms. Whether roasted, boiled, pickled, or dried in the sun, there are tiny worms, flying moths, flies, and maggots that draw near to it. In this way, by extension, immeasurable living beings are indirectly killed. Although one does not kill with one's own hands, butchers do not dare eat it themselves; they kill entirely for those who eat meat. Thus we know that those who eat meat concurrently share in the sin of the karma of killing. Some monks and nuns who have left home, remaining in person in the saṅghārāma, openly gather with white-robed laity to drink wine, eat meat, and consume the pungent roots and impurities, defiling the monastery and feeling no shame before the Honoured Face. How could such a disorderly mingling be superior to non-Buddhists? Furthermore, the Nirarbuda Hell Sūtra says: 'Their bodies are like lumps of meat, devoid of consciousness.' Who are these people? They are all monks and nuns who drank wine. How could they not deeply believe in the sūtra teachings and generate profound shame in their hearts? Forsaking the true Dharma themselves, they become the same as non-Buddhists. If one devours the flesh of a sentient being's father, sentient beings will also devour one's father's flesh; if one devours the flesh of a sentient being's mother, sentient beings will also devour one's mother's flesh. In this way, elder sisters, elder brothers, younger brothers, younger sisters, sons, daughters, and the six relations all have their mutual counterparts: enmity taking vengeance upon enmity, with no release in sight. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 17.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.17.57) - [Next: 17.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.17.59) - [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.17.58) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [法苑珠林](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.93.57) — 道世, Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.17.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.17.58) · Pramāṇa