第六条原则：[237] 慈心不杀，戒荤茹素
[6] [The] Sixth Principle: [237] [With The] Mind [Of] Loving-Kindness [To] Not Kill, Abstain [From] Meat [And] Eat [As] Veg[etari]ans
念佛之人，当吃长素。
Of persons mindful [of the] Buddha, [they] should eat [as] lifelong veg[etari]ans.
如或不能，当持六斋，或十斋（初八、十四、十五、廿三、廿九、三十为六斋。加初一、十八、廿四、廿八为十斋。遇月小则尽前一日持之。又正月、五月、九月为三斋月，宜持长素，作诸功德），由渐减以至永断，方为合理。
If perhaps not [yet] able [to uphold thus, they] should uphold [thus on the] Six Purification [Days], or [the] Ten Purification [Days] ([on the] 8th, 14th, 15th, 23rd, 29th [and] 30th [days of each month] as [the] Six Purification [Days]. Adding [the] 1st, 18th, 24th [and] 28th [days] as [the] Ten Purification [Days]. Encountering [a] minor month, then before [it] ends, [on that] one day upholding then. Also, [with the] 1st month, 5th month [and] 9th month as [the] Three Purification Months, [they] should uphold [as month-]long veg[etari]ans [then, to] create much meritorious virtues), from [this] gradually reducing [meat-eating], with [this] reaching forever severing [from meat], then [is this] as reasonable.
虽未断荤，宜买现肉，勿在家中杀生。
Although yet [to] sever [from] meat, [they] should [only] buy existing meat, not at home within killing lives.
以家中常愿吉祥，若日日杀生，其家便成杀场。杀场乃怨鬼聚会之处，其不吉祥也大矣。是宜切戒家中杀生也。
With homes within constantly wishing [for] auspiciousness, if every day killing lives, these homes then become execution grounds. [As] execution grounds thus [are] places [where] resentful ghosts gather, their inauspiciousness [is] also great. [There] should be [and] must be abstaining [from] killing lives within homes.
净土宗十三祖印光大师
Pure Land Tradition’s 13th Patriarch Great Master Yìnguāng
《一函遍复》
(One Letter [As A] Common Reply)
净土宗十三祖印光大师
Pure Land Tradition’s 13th Patriarch Great Master Yìnguāng
《印光法师文钞》（续编）：宁波功德林开办广告；
Dharma Master Yìnguāng’s Collected Writings (Second Compilation): One Letter [As A] Common Reply;
印光大师文钞菁华录（第两百三十七则）：六、劝注重因果：乙、示戒杀之要（第五则）
Record [Of] Great Master Yìnguāng’s Collected Writings’ Essence (237th Short Section): 6th [Chapter]: Encouragement [To] Pay Attention [To] Cause [And] Effect: Second, Guidance [On] Essentials Of Abstinence [From] Killing (5th Short Section)
[Ref: #237 / 6.2.5]
Namo Amituofo : Translation by Shen Shi’an
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