釋氏要覽 2.133

2.133

楞伽經云。大慧菩薩白佛言。願說食肉過惡。佛言有無量因緣。不應食肉。我今為汝略說一切眾生。從本已來。展轉因緣。常為六親故。不淨氣分所生故。眾生聞惡氣。悉生怖故。令修行者。慈心不生故。凡夫所嗜。無善名故。諸天所棄故○律云。夫食肉者。斷大慈種。水陸空行。有命者怨故○法苑問云。酒是和神之藥。肉是充飢之饍。古今同味。獨何鄙焉。設君王賜食。豈關僧過。答肉由殺命。酒能亂神縱逢見抑。亦須嚴斷。雖違君命。還順佛心矣。

The Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra says: 'Bodhisattva Mahāmati addressed the Buddha, saying: "I pray that you explain the faults and evils of eating meat." The Buddha said: "There are immeasurable reasons why one should not eat meat; I will now briefly explain them to you. All sentient beings, from the beginningless past, through the revolving links of conditions, have constantly been one's six kinds of kin; because it is generated from impure elements; because sentient beings smell its foul stench and all become terrified; because it prevents practitioners from giving rise to compassion; because it is relished by ordinary worldlings and lacks good repute; and because it is abandoned by all devas."' ○ The Vinaya says: 'Those who eat meat sever the seed of great compassion; beings with life that move on water, land, or through the air resent them.' ○ The Fayuan asks: 'Alcohol is a medicine that harmonizes the spirit; meat is food that satisfies hunger. They have possessed the same flavor from antiquity to the present; why are they uniquely despised? Suppose a ruler bestows such food—how could it be the monk's fault?' Answer: 'Meat stems from killing life; alcohol can disorder the spirit. Even if subjected to coercion, one must strictly cut them off. Though one violates a ruler's command, one still complies with the mind of the Buddha.'