佛說佛名經 20.20

20.20

「弟子等！今以總相懺悔一切諸業，今當次第更復一一別相懺悔。若總若別若麁若細，若輕若重若說不說，品類相從願皆消滅。別相懺悔者，先懺身三次懺口四，其餘諸障次第稽顙。身三業者，第一殺害，如經所明恕己可為喻，勿殺勿行杖，雖復禽獸之殊，保命畏死其事是一。若尋此眾生無始已來，或是我父母兄弟六親眷屬，以業因緣輪迴六道，出生入死改形易報不復相識，而今興害食噉其肉斷大慈種。是故佛言：『設得餘食，當如飢世食子肉想。何況食噉此魚肉耶？』又言：『為利殺眾生，以錢納眾生肉，二俱是惡業，死墮叫喚地獄。』故知殺害及以食噉，罪深河海過重丘岳。然弟子等，從無始已來，不遇善友皆為此業。是故，經言：『殺害之罪，能令眾生墮於地獄餓鬼受苦。若在畜生則受虎豿豺狼鷹鷂等身，或受毒蛇蝮蝎等身常懷惡心，或受麞鹿熊羆等身常懷恐怖。若生人中得二種果報，一者多病，二者斷命。』殺害食噉既有如是無量種種諸果報，是故，弟子！今日至到稽顙至誠歸依於佛。

"We disciples now, having made general confession of all karma, shall now proceed to make separate, individual confessions one by one. Whether general or separate, coarse or fine, light or heavy, spoken or unspoken, according to their categories, we pray that all may be eradicated. As for separate confession: first confess the three [unwholesome actions] of body, next confess the four of speech, and for all remaining hindrances prostrate in succession. Among the three bodily actions, the first is killing and injuring. As the sūtras explain, using oneself as a simile: do not kill, do not use the rod. Though beasts and birds differ [from human beings], in cherishing life and fearing death their case is the same. If we trace these sentient beings from beginningless time, they may have been our fathers, mothers, brothers, and six kinds of kin; through the conditions of karma they transmigrated in the six destinies, being born and dying, changing forms and altering their retributions, no longer recognising one another. Yet now we raise up harm, eating their flesh and cutting off the seeds of great compassion. For this reason the Buddha said: 'Even when obtaining other food, one should regard it like the flesh of one's own son during a time of famine. How much more so the eating of this fish and flesh?' He also said: 'Killing sentient beings for profit and using money to purchase the flesh of sentient beings: both are evil karma, and upon death one falls into the Raurava Hell.' Thus we know that killing, injuring, and eating [meat] incur sins as deep as rivers and seas, and faults heavier than hills and mountains. Yet we disciples, from beginningless time, not meeting good spiritual friends, have all committed such karma. For this reason, the sūtra says: 'The sin of killing and injuring can cause sentient beings to fall into the hells and hungry ghosts to suffer torment. If among animals, they receive bodies such as tigers, dogs, jackals, wolves, hawks, and falcons, or receive bodies such as venomous snakes, vipers, and scorpions, constantly harbouring malice; or they receive bodies such as roe deer, stags, and bears, constantly harbouring terror. If born among humans, they receive two kinds of karmic retribution: first, frequent illness; second, a shortened life.' Since killing, injuring, and eating have such immeasurable and diverse kinds of karmic retributions, therefore, we disciples today prostrate ourselves with the utmost devotion and with supreme sincerity take refuge in the Buddha.