[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) › 6.93 # 大方便佛報恩經 6.93 大方便佛報恩經 6.93 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [6.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.156.6.93) 答曰：「不失。但失名、失次第，不失戒也。失沙彌名，得比丘名；失沙彌次第，得比丘次第。終始常是戒，而隨時名。譬如樹葉春夏則青，秋時則黃，冬時則白，隨時異故，樹葉則異，而其始終故是一葉。戒亦如是，常是一戒，隨時有異。又如乳、酪、酥、醍醐，四時差別，雖隨有異，而故是一。戒亦如是，雖三時有異，戒無異也。」 > \[The Buddha\] replied: "He does not lose them. He merely loses the names and loses the rank, but does not lose the precepts. He loses the name of śrāmaṇera and obtains the name of bhikṣu; he loses the rank of śrāmaṇera and obtains the rank of bhikṣu. From beginning to end, they are always these precepts, but are named according to the time. For example, the leaves of a tree are green in spring and summer, yellow in autumn, and white in winter; because they differ according to the season, the tree leaves differ, yet from beginning to end they are still the same leaf. Precepts are also like this: they are always the same precepts, differing according to the time. Again, it is like milk, curds, butter, and ghee: they are distinct across the four stages, and although they differ accordingly, they are still one. Precepts are also like this: although they differ at the three times, the precepts are not different." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 6.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.156.6.92) - [Next: 6.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.156.6.94) - [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.6.93) — 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-t1440.1.85) — Classical Chinese - [ཐབས་མཁས་པ་ཆེན་པོ་སངས་རྒྱས་དྲིན་ལན་བསབ་པའི་མདོ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.tibet.kangyur.mdo_sde.353.6.30) — Classical Tibetan --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.156.6.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.156.6.93) · Pramāṇa