【THE THREE TYPES OF PERSONS】- Not to harm I

【As the master Asvaghosa states in his Cultivation of the Conventional Spirit of Enlightenment:

Being harmless, truthful,

And chaste; not stealing,

And giving away all your possessions:

These are deeds that give rise to happy rebirths. 】

Next, it quotes from a commentary. In this commentary, it tells us, the first one is “being harmless,” which is no killing. Instead of using “no killing,” it says being harmless, which has a broader definition. Usually, we only refer to killing. Strictly speaking, it is not to harm others, not to hurt anyone. The most serious harm is killing. With this transgression, it will be hard for you to repent. If from a subtler perspective, needless to say for killing, even harming is not permitted, or even making others feel slightly hurt. Thus, usually the guide of the precepts is for us to be constantly mindful not harming others through acts of the body, speech, and mind. Body and speech can harm us physically and verbally, and mental intention makes others feel discomfort and uneasy. Instead, we should not offend others.

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33B 19’41”Vol 5 of Master Jih-Chang’s Discourse P28 L8
English Lamrim Vol 1 P131-P132

日常师父法语📡33B 19’41”手抄稿第5册P28 L8

道次引导 : 不伤害I

【马鸣阿阇黎所造，《修世俗菩提心论》云：“无害与谛实，与取及梵行，舍一切所执，此是善趣行。】

下面就引这个论，这个论上面告诉我们，头上面的这个东西就是，“无害”就是不杀，这个不用“不杀”而就无害的话比较广义的。平常我们单单指杀，实际上严格说起来，就是不要损害人家，不要伤害人家；最严重的伤害就是杀，你犯了这个东西那你就没办法忏悔了。如果仔细来说的话，就是不要说杀不可以，然后受伤不可以，乃至还不能让人家感到小小的伤害。所以平常的时候，为什么这个戒律里边，它真正的戒律，它处处地方是顾虑到不要损害别人的身、口、意。身口的话就是我们身体上的受伤，意的话使他感觉得不舒服，感觉得不舒服，不要恼他人。