[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) › 8.31 # 諸經要集 8.31 諸經要集 8.31 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [8.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.8.31) 如梵網經云。若佛子。以慈心故。行放生業。一切男子是我父。一切女人是我母。我生生無不從之受生。故六道眾生皆是我父母。而殺食者。即殺我父母。亦殺我故身。一切地水是我先身。一切火風是我本體。故常行放生。生生受生。若見世人殺畜生時。應方便救護解其苦難。常教化講說菩薩戒。救度眾生。若父母兄弟死亡之日。請法師講菩薩戒經律。追福資其亡者。得見諸佛。生人天上。若不爾者犯輕垢罪。 > As the Brahmajāla Sūtra says: If a disciple of the Buddha, out of a compassionate heart, performs the act of releasing living beings, \[he should reflect:\] "All men have been my fathers; all women have been my mothers. There is not a single rebirth through which I have not received birth from them. Therefore, sentient beings of the six destinies are all my parents. If I kill and eat them, I kill my parents and also kill my former body. All earth and water were my previous bodies; all fire and wind were my original nature." Therefore, one should constantly release living beings, generation after generation as one receives birth. If one sees worldly people killing animals, one should use expedients to rescue and protect them, liberating them from their suffering and adversity. One should constantly educate, teach, and explain the bodhisattva precepts to deliver sentient beings. On the day a parent or sibling dies, one should invite a Dharma master to explain the sūtra and vinaya of the bodhisattva precepts, dedicating merits to aid the deceased so that they may see the Buddhas and be born in the human or heavenly realms. If one does not do so, one commits an offense of light defilement. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 8.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.8.30) - [Next: 8.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.8.32) - [Up: 8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.8) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123~en-mt.8.31) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [法苑珠林](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.65.7) — 道世, Classical Chinese - [菩薩戒本疏](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1814.2.65) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.8.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.8.31) · Pramāṇa