大般涅槃經義記 5.23

5.23

Below, clarifying the benefits of maintenance, possessing the five branches of precepts: first, it states them generally; 'branch' means distinct branch; next, it lists their names: 'Possessing purity of fundamental action' means being free from fundamental unwholesome courses of action; 'purity of what precedes, follows, and accompanies' means being free from the preliminary and subsequent expedient means of those courses of action; 'purity of awareness, free from evil thoughts' means being free from the eight evil thoughts and guarding right mindfulness; 'purity of mindfulness' means cultivating the mind of the six recollections to assist in accomplishing moral practice; 'dedicating toward anuttarā samyaksaṃbodhi' means using morality to seek buddhahood. These distinctions are as in the *Saṃyuktābhidharmahṛdaya-śāstra*.