[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [大方便佛報恩經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.156) › 6.89 # 大方便佛報恩經 6.89 大方便佛報恩經 6.89 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [6.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.156.6.89) 答曰：「雖一時得三種戒，而染習佛法必須次第。先受五戒，以自調伏，信樂漸增，次受十戒；既受十戒，善根轉深，次受具戒。如是次第得佛法味，深樂堅固，難可退敗。如遊大海，漸漸入深，入佛法海，亦復如是。若一時受具戒者，即失次第，又破威儀。復次，或有眾生應受五戒而得道果，或有眾生因受十戒而得道果，以是種種因緣，是故如來說此次第。若先受五戒，次受十戒，受十戒時亦成就二戒：五戒、十戒；受十戒已，次受具戒，受具戒時成就三種戒：五戒、十戒、具戒。七種受中，唯白四羯磨戒次第三時得，餘六種受戒但一時得，無三時次第也。若一時得三種戒，若欲捨時，若言：『我是沙彌，非比丘。』即失具戒，二種戒在：五戒十戒；若言：『我是優婆塞，非沙彌。』即失十戒，餘五戒在；若言在家出家一切盡捨，我是歸依優婆塞，三種一時盡失，不失三歸；若次第得三種戒，捨法次第，如一時得戒中說。」 > \[The Buddha\] replied: "Although one obtains the three kinds of precepts simultaneously, in familiarizing oneself with and practicing the Buddhadharma, there must be a sequence. First, one receives the five precepts in order to subdue oneself, so that faith and joy gradually increase; next, one receives the ten precepts. Having received the ten precepts, one's roots of goodness become deeper, and then one receives the complete precepts. In this sequential manner one obtains the taste of the Buddhadharma, and deep joy becomes firm and difficult to fall back from. Just as when journeying into the great ocean one enters deeper and deeper, entering the ocean of the Buddhadharma is also like this. If one were to receive the complete precepts at once, one would lose the sequence and also violate deportment. Furthermore, there are sentient beings who ought to receive the five precepts and thereby attain the fruits of the Path, and there are sentient beings who by receiving the ten precepts attain the fruits of the Path. Due to such various causes and conditions, the Tathāgata taught this sequence. If one first receives the five precepts and next receives the ten precepts, at the time of receiving the ten precepts one also accomplishes the two precepts: the five precepts and the ten precepts. Having received the ten precepts, one next receives the complete precepts; at the time of receiving the complete precepts, one accomplishes the three kinds of precepts: the five precepts, the ten precepts, and the complete precepts. Among the seven ways of ordination, only the precepts received through a motion and three proclamations are obtained sequentially at three times; the other six ways of receiving the precepts are obtained at just one time, without the sequence of three times. If one has obtained the three kinds of precepts at once and wishes to renounce them, if one says: 'I am a śrāmaṇera, not a bhikṣu,' one loses the complete precepts, while the two kinds of precepts remain: the five precepts and the ten precepts. If one says: 'I am an upāsaka, not a śrāmaṇera,' one loses the ten precepts, while the remaining five precepts remain. If one says: 'I renounce all of lay life and gone-forth life; I am an upāsaka of taking refuge,' one loses all three simultaneously, but does not lose the three refuges. If one obtained the three kinds of precepts sequentially, the sequence of renouncing them is as explained for obtaining the precepts at once." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 6.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.156.6.88) - [Next: 6.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.156.6.90) - [Up: 6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.156.6) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.156~en-mt.6.89) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [薩婆多毘尼毘婆沙](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.vinaya.sastra.sarvastivadavinayavibhasa*zh-t1440.1.81) — Classical Chinese - [ཐབས་མཁས་པ་ཆེན་པོ་སངས་རྒྱས་དྲིན་ལན་བསབ་པའི་མདོ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.tibet.kangyur.mdo_sde.353.6.29) — Classical Tibetan --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.156.6.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.156.6.89) · Pramāṇa