Sramana 1998 01

Author(s): Ashokkumar Singh, Shivprasad, Shreeprakash Pandey
Publisher: Parshvanath Vidhyashram Varanasi

Page 115

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श्रमण / जनवरी-मार्च १९९८
To refute the idea 'there is no sin in meat eating'. Haribhadra has also referred to Buddhist Sanskṛt text, Lañkāvatārasūtra also known as Saddharmalañkāvatārasūtra, where Lord Buddha has forbidden meat-eating --
शास्त्रे चाप्तेन वोऽप्येतन्निषिद्धं यत्नतो ननु । लङ्कावतारसूत्रादौ ततोऽनेन न किञ्चन् ।।८ / १८
That is your attained (Buddha) also has prohibited meat-eating in Buddhist canons like Lañkāvatārasūtra etc. hence advocating meateating is futile. The verse forbidding meat-eating found in Lañkāvatārasūtra is as follows --
मद्यं मांसं पत्नाण्डुं न भक्षयेयं महामुने ।
बोधिसत्त्वैर्महासत्त्वैर्भाषदभिर्जिन पुङ्गवैः ।। १/८
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मांसभक्षण परावर्तः
In the light of above verses, it becomes clear that Haribhadra has succeeded in pointing out the inherent contradictions of this proposition, 'न मांस भक्षणे दोषः ' ।
While refuting the third contention 'there is no sin in coupulation, (न च मैथुने) Haribhadra has referred to an illustration occurred in Vyakhyāprajñapti (Bhagavati). That verse in Aṣṭaka Prakarana is as follows --
प्राणिनां बाधकं चैतच्छास्त्रे गीतं महर्षिभिः ।
नलिका तप्तकणक प्रवेश ज्ञाततस्तथा । । ७ / २०
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That is great sages have preached in conons (II) through an illustration, that this intercource is the destroyer of creatures, in the sameway as the penetration, of heated golden-rod into pipe, kills insects. The illustration referred to by Haribhadra occurs in Vyakhyāprajñapti like this
'केई पुरिसे रूयनालियं वा बूरनालियं वा तत्तेणं कणएणं समभिद्धसेज्जा' that is just as a human being may, with the help of a burning match-stick,