"What kind of person, Bhikkhus * (...), torments others and persues the practise of torturing others?

Here a certain person is a butcher of sheep, a butcher of pigs, a fowler, a traper of wild beasts, a hunter, a fisherman (...) or one who follows any other such bloody occupation. This is called the kind of person who torments others and pursues the practice of torturing others."

* Bhikkhu (Pali), or Bhikshu (Skt.), means beggar, monk, male member of the Buddhist community.


Source: MLD p. 447 [download a translation of the full sutra in PDF - 116 KB]

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