[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) › [佛說佛名經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.441) › 21.37 # 佛說佛名經 21.37 佛說佛名經 21.37 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [21.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.441.21.37) 「弟子等！次懺劫盜之業。經中說言：『若物屬他他所守護，於此物中一草一葉不與不取，何況盜竊？』但自眾生唯見現在利故，以種種不道而取，致使未來受此殃累。是故經言：『劫盜之罪，能令眾生墮於地獄餓鬼受苦。若在畜生則受牛馬、驢騾、駱駝等形，以其所有身力血肉償他宿債。若生人中為他奴婢，衣不蔽形食不充命，貧寒困苦人理殆盡。』劫盜既有如是苦報，是故，弟子！今日至到稽首歸依佛。 > “We disciples next repent of our karmic actions of robbery and theft. The sūtras say: ‘If an object belongs to another and is guarded by another, among such things one does not take even a single blade of grass or a single leaf without it being given, how much less commit theft?’ Yet sentient beings, seeing only present benefit, take by various unjust means, thereby bringing upon themselves this burden of future disaster. Therefore the sūtras say: ‘The sin of robbery and theft can cause sentient beings to fall into the hells and the hungry ghosts to undergo suffering. If in the animal realm, they receive the forms of oxen, horses, donkeys, mules, camels, and the like, repaying their past debts with their physical strength, flesh, and blood. If born among humans, they become servants and slaves of others, their clothing not covering their forms, their food insufficient to sustain life, destitute, distressed, and with human decencies almost exhausted.’ Since robbery and theft carry such painful retribution, for this reason, we disciples today with utmost devotion bow our heads and take refuge in the Buddhas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 21.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.441.21.36) - [Next: 21.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.441.21.38) - [Up: 21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.441.21) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.441~en-mt.21.37) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.441.21.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.441.21.37) · Pramāṇa