挽回天灾人祸之第一妙法
[233] Redemption [From] Natural Disasters’ [And] Human-Made Misfortunes’ Foremost Wonderful Method
诸恶业中，唯杀最重。
Within all evil karmas, killing alone [is the] most heavy.
[Note 1: Killing is the heaviest transgression as it is most directly destructive, with the destroying of sentient beings’ lives, that most cherished by them.]
普天之下，殆无不造杀业之人。即毕生不曾杀生，而日日食肉，即日日杀生。
Universally under [the] heavens, [it is] nearly without people [who have] not created killing’s karma. Even if [for] all [of] one’s life not having killed [a] life, yet every day eating meat, [this is] then, [to] every day kill lives.
[Note 2: There might be those who accidentally kill, while there are many more who indirectly ‘kill’, by continually demanding the flesh of killed animals, meal after meal, day after day.]
以非杀决无有肉故，以屠者、猎者、渔者，皆为供给食肉者之所需，而代为之杀。
With no killing, definitely not having meat thus, with [the efforts of] butchers, hunters, fisher[men, they are] all for supplying those demands of meat-eaters, then representing, for them [doing] killing.
[Note 3: When there is less demand for meat, there will be less killing for meat. When there is no demand for meat, there will be no killing for meat.]
然则食肉、吃素一关，实为吾人升沉，天下治乱之本，非细故也。
That being the case then, [to] eat meat [or to] eat [as] veg[etari]ans, [at this] one pass, [this] truly [is] for our ascending [or] sinking. [As the] root [of the] heaven’s below, [for its] order [or] chaos, [this is] not [a] small matter.
[Note 4: To kill or to demand killing is to sink karmically, be it individually or collectively, into chaos due to great evil karmas (恶业) created. To not kill or not demand killing is to ascend karmically, be it individually or collectively, into order due to great good karmas (善业) created.]
其有自爱其身，兼爱普天人民，欲令长寿安乐，不罹意外灾祸者，当以戒杀吃素，为挽回天灾人祸之第一妙法。
Those [who] have self-cherishing [of] their bodies, simultaneously cherishing [the] people below [the] heavens, desiring [to] enable [all to have] longevity, peace [and] bliss, [to] not suffer [from] accidents [and] disasters, should with abstaining [from] killing, eat [as] veg[etari]ans. For redemption [from] natural disasters [and] human-made misfortunes, this [is the] foremost wonderful method.
[Note 5: Individually and collectively, to not kill, and to eat as veg(etari)ans, there will karmically be more longevity, peace and bliss, with less accidents, disasters and misfortunes. Doing the opposite, by having more killing and meat-eating, there will karmically be shorter lives, with more suffering from accidents, disasters and misfortunes.]
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》（正编）：劝爱惜物命说；
Dharma Master Yìnguāng’s Collected Writings (First Compilation): Teaching [With] Encouragement [To] Cherish Sentient Beings’ Lives;
印光大师文钞菁华录（第两百三十三则）：六、劝注重因果：乙、示戒杀之要（第一则）
Record [Of] Great Master Yìnguāng’s Collected Writings’ Essence (233rd Short Section): 6th [Chapter]: Encouragement [To] Pay Attention [To] Cause [And] Effect: Second, Guidance [On] Essentials Of Abstinence [From] Killing (1st Short Section)
[Ref: #233 / 6.2.1]
Namo Amituofo : Translation and notes by Shen Shi’an
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《印光大师文钞菁华录》
Record Of Great Master Yìnguāng’s Collected Writings’ Essence
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