[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) › [釋氏要覽](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2127) › 2.100 # 釋氏要覽 2.100 釋氏要覽 2.100 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2127.2.100) 僧史略云。戒刀皆是道具。按律許蓄月頭刀子。為割衣故。今比丘蓄刀名戒者。蓋佛不許斫截一切草木壞鬼神村故。草木尚戒。況其他也。 > The Brief History of the Clergy says: 'Precept knives are all implements of the Dharma. According to the Vinaya, one is permitted to keep a crescent-bladed knife for the purpose of cutting cloth.' That monks today keep a knife called a 'precept \[knife\]' is because the Buddha did not permit the felling or cutting of any vegetation so as not to destroy the villages of spirits and ghosts. If vegetation is still subject to precepts, how much more so anything else! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2127.2.99) - [Next: 2.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2127.2.101) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2127.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2127~en-mt.2.100) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2127.2.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2127.2.100) · Pramāṇa