若佛子 自酤酒 教人酤酒 酤酒因 酤酒緣 酤酒法 酤酒業 一切酒不得酤 是酒起罪因緣 而菩薩應生一切衆生明達之慧 而反更生一切衆生顛倒之心者 是菩薩波羅夷罪
ruò fó zǐ zì gū jiǔ jiào rén gū jiǔ gū jiǔ yīn gū jiǔ yuán gū jiǔ fǎ gū jiǔ yè yī qiē jiǔ bù dé gū shì jiǔ qǐ zuì yīn yuán ér púsà yīng shēng yī qiē zhòng shēng míng dá zhī huì ér fǎn gēng shēng yī qiē zhòng shēng diān dǎo zhī xīn zhě shì púsà bō luó yí zuì
Key Message
A bodhisattva does not sell what clouds the wisdom of beings. One must examine whether what one offers illuminates or darkens the mind of another.
▸The Precept Against Selling Intoxicants (不酤酒戒) is the fifth major precept, forbidding the sale of alcohol.
The Precept Against Selling Intoxicants (不酤酒戒) is the fifth major precept, forbidding the sale of alcohol. Notably, it is not 'do not drink' but rather 'do not sell' (酤酒) — it prohibits providing or trading alcohol in a manner that enables others to obtain it. This encompasses selling by one's own hand, having another sell on one's behalf, and providing any of the conditions, methods, or means related to such trade. Alcohol is a substance that gives rise to the causes and conditions of wrongdoing. A bodhisattva must cultivate clear and penetrating wisdom (明達之慧) in all beings; selling alcohol and thereby causing the minds of beings to become inverted and deluded (顛倒) is the exact opposite of this duty, and therefore constitutes a pārājika offense.