佛說佛名經 24.21

English (machine translation) 24.21

Language: English

24.21

The horse-headed rākṣasa answered, saying, 'These śramaṇas received the Buddha's restrictive precepts, yet had no fear of the three evil destinies and eight difficulties. They incurred guilt and broke the precepts, lacking all goodness. Plowing fields and planting crops is called breaking the precepts; personally preparing food with their own hands and then taking it to eat themselves, and personally killing grasses and trees, they were just like non-Buddhists, caṇḍālas, and the like, devoid of shame or remorse. By these causes and conditions, they have fallen into this hell.'

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