Visuddhimagga XVI-39

 Yaṃ panassa mūḷhagabbhāya mātuyā mittāmaccasuhajjādīhipi adassanārahe dukkhuppattiṭṭhāne chedanaphālanādīhi dukkhaṃ uppajjati, idaṃ gabbhavipattimūlakaṃ dukkhaṃ.

(三)如果母亲妊娠不正常,则胎儿在母亲的亲朋密友亦不宜看的处所,而受割切等手术的痛苦。这是由于堕胎之苦。

Ñ(XVI,39): When the mother has an abortion, the pain that arises in him through the cutting and rending in the place where the pain arises that is not fit to be seen even by friends and intimates and companions—this is the suffering rooted in abortion.


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