大方便佛報恩經 6.69

6.69

Answer: "When receiving the five precepts, eight precepts, or ten precepts, simply receiving the three refuges immediately confers the precepts. If receiving the full precepts, one must rely on the motion with three announcements to obtain the full precepts, not solely on the three refuges. Generally, the full precepts have profound and weighty merit; without many conditions and great effort, there is no way to attain them. Therefore, they are obtained only after the three refuges, ten monks, and the motion with three announcements. The merit and power of the five precepts, eight precepts, and ten precepts are less; therefore, if one receives the three refuges, one immediately obtains the precepts, without needing many conditions or great effort."