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väntasarva bhavopakarana trisnaisaņá vásanâ sarva klesa dosa vûsanâ pagatah Su-vimukta chittaprajnáh sarvajnáh sarva-darsinah sårvasattvaika putraka sama darsino mahakârunikâh soham mahâmate sarvasattvaikaputra ka sanjni san kathamiva svaputra månsa manuj. nasyami paribhoktum śrávakebhyah kuta eva svayam paribhoktum, anujnata vânasmin Sravakebhyah svayam vâ paribhukta våniti maha mate nedam sthana11 vid yate.
" ( wise man! Arya Sravakas do not even take the natural human diet, how can they eat the rejectable flesh and blood ? My disciples are followers of Truth and so are the self-intelligent ones and other Buddhists. They are not tiesh-eaters. Such were the Tathagatas in the former times...... Tathagatas have Truth as their body, they live on Truth, they do not support their bodies with flesh. They never take any flesh. They have given up desire for all the worldly objects. They are free from all the defects causing misery. They are full of unattached discrimination, all-knowing, allperceiving. They look towards all the creatures like their sons. They are very compassionate. Similarly I look towards all the creatures as my sons how can I order my disciples to eat the flesh of my sons and how can I eat it. There is no question of this that I ordered my disciples for it and that I have myself eaten it."
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