四分律刪繁補闕行事鈔 1.109

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問曰：有人言，罪不罪不可得，名為戒者，何耶？答曰：非謂邪見麁心，言無罪也。若深入諸法相，行空三昧；慧眼觀故，言罪不可得。若肉眼所見，與牛羊無異也。今誦大乘語者，自力既弱，不堪此戒；自恥穢行，多不承習。有引此據，不解本文；故曲疏出，廣如第十五卷中。《四分》破戒五過：一自害。為智者所訶。惡名流布。臨終生悔恨。死墮惡道。《十誦》：有十法正法疾滅：有比丘無欲、鈍根，雖誦句義，不能正受，又不解了。不能令受者有恭敬威儀。乃至不樂阿練若法。又不隨法教。不敬上座無威儀者。令後生不受學毘尼，致令放逸，失諸善法。好作文頌莊嚴章句，樂世法故，正法疾滅，甚可怖畏。

Question: 'Someone says: "Offense and non-offense are ungraspable, which is called the precepts." What does this mean?' Answer: 'This does not mean that with a coarse mind of wrong view one says there is no offense. If one penetrates deeply into the characteristics of all dharmas and practices the samādhi of emptiness, because one observes with the wisdom-eye, one says offenses are ungraspable. If seen with the physical eye, one is no different from cattle and sheep. Today, those who recite the words of the Mahāyāna, their own strength already being weak, are incapable of these precepts; ashamed of their own foul conduct, they mostly do not uphold or practice them. Some cite this authority without understanding the original text; therefore, I give an indirect commentary here, as broadly explained in fascicle fifteen.' In the *Dharmaguptaka*, breaking the precepts has five faults: '1. Self-harm. 2. Being rebuked by the wise. 3. Bad reputation spreads abroad. 4. Regret arises at the brink of death. 5. Upon death, falling into the evil destinies.' In the *Daśādhyāya*: 'There are ten factors by which the true Dharma swiftly becomes extinct: There are bhikṣus who lack desire and are of dull faculties; although they recite phrases and meanings, they cannot receive them properly, nor do they understand them. They cannot cause those who receive them to have reverent deportment. Up to, taking no delight in the aranya practices. Furthermore, not following the teachings of the Dharma. Not respecting theras who lack deportment. Causing the younger generation not to receive and study the Vinaya, resulting in laxity and loss of all wholesome dharmas. Taking pleasure in composing verse and embellishing rhetorical phrases, because of delighting in worldly dharmas, the true Dharma swiftly becomes extinct; this is extremely terrifying.'