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[6] Abstaining From Killing, Stealing And Sex’s Instructions 戒杀盗淫说

《楞严经》:佛谓:「想爱女色,心结不离,故有淫欲,则诸世间父母子孙相生不绝,是等则以欲贪为本。

[In the] Śūraṅgama Sūtra, [the] Buddha said, ‘[With] thoughts [of] love [for] fe/male form[s, and this] mind’s fetter not departed [from], thus having lustful desires, then [do] all [the] world’s fathers, mothers, children [and] grandchildren give rise [to] one another unendingly, these kinds [are] then with desiring [with] greed as [the] root.

贪爱血味,心滋不止,故有食肉,则诸世间卵化湿胎,随力强弱,递相吞食,是等则以杀贪为本。

[With] greedy love [for] blood’s taste, [in the] mind increasing without end, thus having eating [of] meat, then [with] all [in the] world [from] eggs, transformation, moisture [and] wombs, according [to their] strength [being] strong[er or] weak[er], in succession [with] one another swallowed [and] eaten, these kinds [are] then with killing [with] greed as [the] root.

以人食羊,羊死为人,人死为羊,食馀众生,亦复如是,死死生生,互来相啖,恶业俱生,穷未来际,若此则以盗贪为本。

With humans eating goats, [with the] goats dying as humans [reborn, and with the] humans dying as goats [reborn, with] eating [of] other sentient beings, likewise thus. Death [after] death [and] birth [after] birth, mutually coming [to] eat one another, [with] evil karmas together arising, exhausting [the] future’s limit, thus [with] these, then with stealing [with] greed as [the] root.

汝负我命,我还汝债,以是因缘,经百千劫,常在生死;汝爱我心,我怜汝色,以是因缘,经百千劫,常在缠缚。

[With] you indebted [for] my life, [with] me returning your debt, with these causes [and] conditions, passing hundreds [of] thousands [of] kalpas, constantly in [the cycle of] birth [and] death. [With] you loving my mind, [and] me loving your form, with these causes [and] conditions, passing hundreds [of] thousands [of] kalpas, constantly in [those] bound.

此杀盗淫三者为之根本,以是因缘,恶业果报相续不已。」

These roots of killing, stealing [and] sex, those three, are with these causes, conditions [and] evil karmas’ effects [of] retribution [in] continuous succession endlessly.’

[原眉批:十恶之中,杀盗淫最重,馀皆枝叶。害一微命即是杀,起一邪念即是淫,不问而取人一草即是盗。杀盗淫之本在一「爱」字,爱味、爱财、爱色也。学者欲生净土,须渐渐跳出爱河。]

[Original headnotes: Within those Ten Evils, killing, stealing (and) sex(ual misconduct are the) most heavy, (with the) remaining all (as) branches (and) leaves. Harming one very small (sentient) life is then killing, giving rise (to) one evil thought is then lust, (and) not asking yet obtaining others’ one (blade of) grass is then stealing. (The) root of killing, stealing (and) sex (is) in (the) one ‘love’ word, (with) love (of) taste, love (of) wealth (and) love (of) sex. Learners (who) desire (to be) born (in) Pure Land, must gradually jump out (of) love’s river.]

如西方净土,受清净身,不因淫欲而生;食清净食,不因杀害而得;友清净人,不因染著而交。是皆脱去此等。然修上品者,此等亦不可不知。

If [in the] Western Pure Land, [the] receiving [of a] pure body, [is] not because [of] lustful desires then born. [The] eating [of] pure food, [is] not because [of] killing [and] harming then gotten. [The] friends [who are] pure persons, [are] not because [of] defiled attachment then befriended. All these [are] liberated from them [i.e. killing, stealing and sex]. Certainly, [for] those cultivating [for a] High Grade, they also must not [be] not known.

Namo Amituofo : Translation by Shen Shi’an

相关教理
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《龙舒净土文》
Lóngshū’s Pure Land Text
https://purelanders.com/longshu

《大佛顶首楞严经·卷第六·四种决定清净明诲》
The Great Buddha Crown’s Śūraṅgama Sūtra’s Sixth Scroll’s Four Kinds Of Clear And Definitive Instructions On Purity
https://purelanders.com/minghuizhang

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