Quotes

Do Not Become Worms On The Lion’s Body 莫作狮子身上虫

如师子身中虫,自食师子肉,非余外虫。如是佛子自破佛法,非外道天魔能破。若受佛戒者,应护佛戒,如念一子,如事父母,不可毁破。

— 释迦牟尼佛
《梵网经菩萨戒本》
(最后一戒节录)

Like worms within a lion’s body, personally eating the lion’s flesh, this is not by other external worms done. Of such Buddha’s ‘disciples’ [with evil views, words and deeds], they will personally destroy the Buddha’s teachings, that are not by external paths and celestial demons able to be destroyed. If there are those who have received the Buddha’s Precepts, they should protect the Buddha’s Precepts [by upholding them well], like being mindful of their only one child, like serving their fathers and mothers, they must not be destroyed and broken.

— Śākyamuni Buddha
Brahmā Net Sūtra’s Bodhisattva Precepts’ Text
(Excerpt From Final Precept)

Please Be Mindful Of Your Speech, Namo Amituofo!

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