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  1. Buddha's Teaching on the Weight of Transgression Sutra (佛說犯戒罪報輕重經)
  1. Sutra on the Light and Heavy Retributions for Violating Pre (佛說犯戒罪報輕重經)
  2. Buddha's Teaching on the Weight of Transgression Sutra (佛說犯戒罪報輕重經)

Sutra on the Light and Heavy Retributions for Violating Pre (佛說犯戒罪報輕重經)

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Later Han · Source text translated by 安世高

607 · about 2 min

The Sutra on the Light and Heavy Retributions for Violating Precepts, translated by the Eastern Han dynasty translator An Shigao, is an important early Vinaya text in Chinese Buddhism. This sutra details the varying degrees of karmic offenses incurred by monastics for violating different precepts and their corresponding retributions, systematically clarifying the crucial role of upholding precepts for spiritual practice and liberation. Its content reflects the Vinaya thought of early Indian Buddhism, providing an early foundation for the transmission of precepts in Chinese Buddhism. It holds significant value for the study of Buddhist Vinaya history and practice, and is an important scripture for understanding Buddhist perspectives on transgression, merit, and the law of cause and effect.


佛說犯戒罪報輕重經

The Buddha Speaks the Sutra on the Lightness and Heaviness of the Karmic Retribution for Breaking the Precepts

後漢安息三藏安世高譯

Translation by An Shigao, Tripitaka Master from Parthia, Later Han Dynasty

如是我聞:

Thus have I heard:

一時佛住王舍城迦蘭陀竹園。爾時尊者目連,晡時從禪定覺,往至世尊所,頭面禮足却住一面。時尊者大目連白佛言:「世尊!意有所疑,今欲請問。唯願聽許。」

At one time, the Buddha was staying at the Bamboo Grove of Kalandaka in Rajagaha. Then, in the late afternoon, the venerable Maudgalyayana rose from his meditation and went to the Blessed One. He bowed his head at the Buddha's feet and stood to one side. Then the venerable Maha Maudgalyayana said to the Buddha: "Blessed One, I have a doubt in my mind and wish to ask about it. Please grant me permission."

佛告目連:「聽汝所問。當為汝說。」

The Buddha said to Maudgalyayana, "I will hear your question. I will explain it to you."

目連即白佛言:「世尊!若比丘、比丘尼,無慚愧心,輕慢佛語,犯眾學戒,如是犯波羅提提舍尼、波夜提、偷蘭遮、僧伽婆尸沙、波羅夷,得幾所不饒益罪?唯願解說。」
佛告目連:「諦聽諦聽。當為汝說。若比丘、比丘尼無慚無愧,輕慢佛語,犯眾學戒。如四天王天壽五百歲墮泥犁中,於人間數九百千歲。」
佛告目連:「無慚無愧,輕慢佛語,犯波羅提提舍尼。如三十三天壽一千歲墮泥犁中,於人間數三億六十千歲。」
佛告目連:「無慚無愧,輕慢佛語,犯波夜提。如夜摩天壽二千歲,墮泥犁中,於人間數二十億四十千歲。」
佛告目連:「無慚無愧,輕慢佛語,犯偷蘭遮。如兜率天壽四千歲墮泥犁中,於人間數五十億六十千歲。」
佛告目連:「無慚無愧,輕慢佛語,犯僧伽婆尸沙。如不憍樂天壽八千歲,墮泥犁中,於人間數二百三十億四十千歲。」
佛告目連:「無慚無愧,輕慢佛語,犯波羅夷。如他化自在天壽十六千歲墮泥犁中,於人間數九百二十一億六十千歲。」
時尊者目連聞佛所說歡喜奉行。
爾時尊者目連即說偈言:
「因緣輕慢故, 命終墮惡道;
因緣修善者, 於此生天上。
緣斯修福業, 離惡得解脫;
不善觀因緣, 身壞入惡道。
比丘謹慎樂, 放逸多憂譴,
變諍小致大, 積惡入火𤆶。
持戒福致喜, 破戒有懼心,
永斷三界漏, 爾乃得涅槃。
戒德可恃怙, 福報常隨己,
見法為人長, 眾遠三惡道。
戒慎除恐畏, 福德三界尊,
鬼龍蛇毒害, 不犯持戒人。
神仙五通人, 造世諸呪術,
為諸慚愧者, 斷諸無慚愧。
如來制禁戒, 半月半月說,
已說戒利益, 稽首禮諸佛。」
佛說犯戒罪報輕重經

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