文／南宋．陸游（1125～1210）

血肉淋漓味足珍，一般痛苦怨難伸；

設身處地捫心想，誰肯將刀割自身。

──選自《蓮修必讀》

Verse on Abstaining from Killing

Lu You (1125 - 1210, Southern Song Dynasty)English translation: Venerable You Zai

Bloody flesh in return for delicious food;

It is difficult to express their fears and agonies.

Putting oneself in their shoes,

Who is willing to have a knife cutting one's own body?

── from Lianxiu Bidu

(Essential Readings for Pure Land Practitioners)