【谈念佛】
[On Mindfulness Of Buddha]
医药为治病之本，而大医王之法药，又为治业之本。
Medical medicine [is] for curing roots of sicknesses, and [the] Dharma medicine of [the Unsurpassable] Great King Of Healers [i.e. Amitābha Buddha, by sincere mindfulness of his name: ‘Āmítuófó’, is] also for curing [the] roots of [negative] karma.
病由业生者多。
Those [with] sicknesses born from karma [are] many.
由外感内伤而得者，药能治之。
[For] those from [the] external affected [to have] internal injuries then attained, medicine [is] able [to] cure of.
由业而生者，药不能治，唯法药能治之。
Those from karma then born, [that] medicine [is] not able [to] cure, only Dharma medicine [is] able [to] cure of.
能兼世药法药以治诸疾，则若自若他，俱获实益矣。
[If] able [to] simultaneously [take] worldly medicine [and] Dharma medicine for curing all sicknesses, thus if oneself or others [doing so, all] together [will] obtain true benefits.
【谈吃素】
[On Eating As Veg(etari)ans]
茹素及三净，宜斟酌行之。
Eating [as] veg[etari]ans, and [of] threefold pure [meat], should [be] considered [for] practice.
能净素，则净素。
[If] able [to be] pure veg[etari]ans, thus [be] pure veg[etari]ans.
不能，则三净亦可。
[If] not able, thus [with] threefold pure [meat from animals not seen, heard and suspected to be killed for you is] also permitted. [Note: It is challenging to ensure meat eaten is not suspected to be from your demand, by regular purchase and/or consumption.]
但宜多食菜，少食肉耳。
However, [one] should eat more vegetables, [and] eat less meat.
世有愚人，谓己未净素，便安意多食肉，则其过非浅。
[This] world has foolish people, calling themselves [to] yet [be] pure veg[etari]ans, then [with] ‘relieved’ minds eating much meat, thus [with] their transgressions [becoming] not shallow.
宜发菩提心，誓度此所食之生。
[They] should give rise [to the] Bodhi mind [i.e. Bodhicitta], vowing [to] deliver these sentient beings that [are] eaten.
且不安意多食则可耳。
Thus, not [with] ‘relieved’ minds eating much, [is] thus permitted. [Note: As stated above as the first priority, since it is best to be pure veg(etari)ans, those who eat threefold pure meat should still practise towards being so.]
净土宗十三祖印光大师
Pure Land Tradition’s 13th Patriarch Great Master Yìnguāng
(复志梵居士书二)
(Second reply letter [to] layperson Zhìfàn)
相关文章
Related Articles:
佛陀与净宗十三祖之食肉观
The Buddha & The 13th Pure Land Patriarch On Meat-Eating
https://purelanders.com/2019/02/08/the-buddha-the-13th-pure-land-patriarch-on-meat-eating
上求佛道者应当如何饮食？(大乘净素)
How Should All Aspiring For Buddhahood Eat And Drink?
(Mahāyāna Veganism, or Maha-Veganism in short)
https://thedailyenlightenment.com/2016/10/how-should-all-aspiring-for-buddhahood-eat-and-drink
You, ‘Animals And The Buddha’
https://thedailyenlightenment.com/2016/05/you-animals-and-the-buddha
