[Buddha-l] What's the point

[Richard Hayes]

On Jul 12, 2011, at 12:29 , Dan Lusthaus wrote:

> Please explain, then, what Traditional Buddhists mean when they distinguish:
> 
> (1) prak.rti sāvadya (lit. "blameworthy by nature"), i.e., wrongdoing that is a violation of basic human or natural laws, regardless of one's affiliation with Buddhism, such as murder; and 
> 
> (2) pratik.sepa.na sāvadya (lit. "blameworthy for contradicting [the precepts]"), i.e., wrongdoing that violates a Buddhist precept or rule.

Tell me which texts make this distinction. I have never encountered those terms in my readings.

Richard Hayes
Department of Philosophy
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM