大方廣佛華嚴經隨疏演義鈔 60.5

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疏「或由三時之心」等者，略舉四重：一約時，如欲行善時、正行善時、行善已時，三時俱重為上善，隨一二輕為中，三時俱輕為下。二約境者，如一不殺，不殺蚊蚋為上、不殺畜生為中、不殺人為下善，殺即反此。三約心輕重者，隨於一境，如殺一畜，猛利重心、處中心、不獲己而殺心，為上中下三品之惡。三重不殺，即三品之善。四約「自作教他」者，具自他為上、唯自非他為中、自雖不作而教他作為下。

Regarding the commentary’s [statement], “Or, depending on the minds at the three times…” and so forth, it briefly presents four levels: First, in terms of time: as in the time when one desires to perform the wholesome, the time when one is performing the wholesome, and the time after one has performed the wholesome. When all three times are weighty, it is the superior wholesome; when one or two are light, it is middling; when all three times are light, it is inferior. Second, in terms of the object: as in non-killing—not killing mosquitoes and gnats is superior, not killing beasts is middling, and not killing humans is inferior wholesome; killing is the reverse of this. Third, in terms of the gravity of the mind: in relation to a single object, such as killing a beast, a fierce and weighty mind, a middling mind, and a mind of killing out of no other choice constitute the three grades—superior, middling, and inferior—of evil. The three levels of non-killing are the three grades of wholesome. Fourth, in terms of “performing it oneself or instructing others”: having both oneself and others is superior, only oneself and not others is middling, and not performing it oneself but instructing others to do so is inferior.