[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) › 8.46 # 諸經要集 8.46 諸經要集 8.46 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [8.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.8.46) 我實是畜獸　名曰人頭鹿 汝雖是鹿身　名為鹿頭人 以理而言之　非以形為人 若能有慈悲　雖獸實是人 我從今日始　不食一切肉 我以無畏施　且可安汝意 > "I am truly a beast, / Named a deer with a human head; / Though you have the body of a deer, / You are named a human with a deer's head. / Speaking according to principle, / It is not by bodily form that one is a human; / If one can have maitrī-karuṇā, / Though an animal, one is truly a human. / Beginning from this day, / I shall not eat any meat; / By bestowing fearlessness upon you, / For now I may set your mind at ease." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 8.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.8.45) - [Next: 8.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.8.47) - [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.8.46) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [法苑珠林](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.65.23) — 道世, Classical Chinese - [止觀輔行傳弘決](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1912.1.21) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.8.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.8.46) · Pramāṇa