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首楞嚴義疏注經 8.38

首楞嚴義疏注經 8.38

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8.38

比丘四重,尼復加四,謂觸八覆隨,故云八棄。梵云波羅夷,此云棄,謂犯此者永棄佛法邊外,猶如死屍大海不受,故名為棄。入大乘道而先學小者,《十輪經》說「若不先學小乘即學大乘,無有是處。」乃至云「無力飲河池,詎能吞大海?是故一切菩薩皆先學三乘,唯不究竟證於小耳。」

"The bhikṣu has four grave [precepts]; the bhikṣuṇī adds another four, namely contact, eight [factors of consensual touch], concealing, and following, hence they are called the eight defeats. In Sanskrit it is pārājika, translated here as defeat; it means that one who violates this is forever cast out beyond the boundaries of the Buddha's Dharma, just like a corpse is not retained by the great ocean, hence it is named 'defeat'. Concerning entering the Mahāyāna path yet first studying the Hīnayāna, the Daśacakra Sūtra states: 'If one does not first study the Hīnayāna and instead studies the Mahāyāna, there is no such possibility.' It further states: 'If one lacks the capacity to drink from a river or a pool, how could one swallow the great ocean? Therefore, all bodhisattvas first study the three vehicles; they merely do not attain ultimate realization in the small.'"

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