密宗从未开许吃肉喝酒
中英文连载 《The Right View》(145) WHY VEGETARIAN? 《素食的意义》 The Vajrayana Standpoint 三、密宗的观点 In Vajrayana, especially stated in the stanzas of the Kalachakra Tantra, it is very wrong to eat meat. Karma of many people sharing the meat of one animal is grave enough. Karma of one person consuming many small animals is much, much worse. For example, processed meats like sausage, hot dogs, luncheon meat, etc. are very often made from the meat and organs of various animals. Eating these kinds of meat will produce tremendous negative karma, tantamount to the one committed by eating many lives. It is Vajrayana’s view that all Mahayana practitioners must refrain from eating any kind of meat. 在密宗，特别是《时轮金刚》的颂词里说，吃肉有很大的过失，许多人吃一个动物的罪过很大，而一个人吃很多生命的罪过更大。现在的火腿肠、午餐肉之类的食品，是很多动物的肉混合制成的。所以，吃这样的肉罪过非常大，有吃掉很多生命的罪过。密宗里也讲到，凡是修大乘法的人，所有的肉都不能吃。 Many people have questioned, "According to the Buddhist doctrine, it is wrong to eat meat and drink alcohol. But isn’t it true that Vajrayana practitioners have been taught to regard and accept alcohol and meat as sacramental substances of samaya?” In that context, of course one should accept them, but the key is how to accept them. Suppose there is a strong poison that can easily kill any ordinary people who have taken it. However, a practitioner who, through nothing but the power of practice, not only survives the poison but also sustains no residual effect. In this case, if one’s practice has afforded oneself this level of capabilities, taking alcohol, meat, or tea would not make any difference. But for us ordinary people, it does make a difference and thus we are advised against taking meat and alcohol. In Vajrayana, the proper way for ordinary people to accept the sacramental substances of samaya is through visualization practice, not to actually eat meat or drink alcohol. 许多人会有这样一个疑问：虽说不能吃肉喝酒，但密宗不是要求要把酒肉看作甘露，作为誓言物来接受吗？当然是要接受的，但关键是怎么接受。比如，有一种剧毒的药物，普通人吃下去肯定要死，而修行人不靠其他的方法只通过修行的能力，吃了不但不死，而且不受任何影响。如果修行有这样的能力，则任何的酒、肉、茶对他都是一样的，而一般人是绝不允许这样做的。在密宗里，普通人可以用观想的方法接受誓言物，不能真正地吃肉喝酒。 未完待续