勝鬘寶窟 1.54

1.54

Ninth, the section on cause and effect. According to the Mahāyānasaṃgraha, the three precepts are the causes of the three virtues: ceasing all evil is the cause of the virtue of elimination; cultivating all good is the cause of the virtue of wisdom; saving all sentient beings is the cause of the virtue of grace. With the first, there is no defilement not stilled; with the next, there is no virtue not perfected—meaning one's own Buddhahood; the virtue of grace also enables sentient beings to fully obtain both matters—meaning the Buddhahood of others. Therefore, receiving these three precepts enables all, both self and other, to attain Buddhahood, which is precisely the meaning of inconceivable vastness.