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大般涅槃經義記 5.41

大般涅槃經義記 5.41

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Classical Chinese

5.41

第二迦葉言敬諾,問何者是乎?如來為辯,辯中三句:一明菩薩破戒因緣令他眾生受持是經,廣為人說不退菩提爾時得破,道言「為經而得破戒」顯經勝矣,又欲令人破戒弘經;二「菩薩爾時應作念」下教起破意;三「以是因」下結成得破。此兩對竟。

Second, Kāśyapa respectfully consents, asking, 'What are they?' The Tathāgata explains for him, in which there are three clauses: first, it clarifies that as a cause and condition for a bodhisattva to break the precepts, causing other sentient beings to accept and uphold this sūtra and expound it extensively for people without retrogressing from bodhi, at that time they may be broken; saying 'for the sake of the sūtra one may break the precepts' reveals the sūtra's excellence, and also wishes to cause people to break precepts to propagate the sūtra; second, from 'the bodhisattva at that time should think' downward instructs in generating the intention to break them; third, from 'for this cause' downward concludes that they may be broken. These two pairs are finished.

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