[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [四分律刪繁補闕行事鈔](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1804) › 2.31 # 四分律刪繁補闕行事鈔 2.31 四分律刪繁補闕行事鈔 2.31 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1804.2.31) 今濫學大乘者，行非可采，言過其實；恥己毀犯，謬自褒揚。余曾語云：戒是小法，可宜捨之，便即不肯；可宜持之，又復不肯；豈非與煩惱合，卒難諫喻，又可悲乎！今僧尼等，並順聖教，依法受戒，理須護持，此則成受。若元無護，雖受不成。故《薩婆多》云：無殷重心，不發無作。縱使成受，形儀可觀，佛法住持，理須同護。今時剃髮染衣，四僧羯磨，伽藍置設，訓導道俗，凡所施為，無非戒律。若生善受利，須身秉御之處，口云我應為之；若污戒起非，違犯教網之處，便云我是大乘，不關小教。故《佛藏》立鳥鼠比丘之喻，驢披師子之皮。廣毀譏訶，何俟陳顯。恐後無知初學，為彼塵蒙，故曲引張，猶恐同染，悲夫！ > Those today who falsely claim to study the Great Vehicle perform actions unworthy of adoption and utter words exceeding reality; ashamed of their own transgressions, they erroneously praise themselves. I once said to them: 'Since the precepts are a lesser teaching, you ought to renounce them'—yet they were unwilling; 'You ought to uphold them'—yet they were again unwilling. Is this not aligning with defilements, such that admonition and explanation are exceedingly difficult? Is this not also lamentable! Now, the monks and nuns all comply with the sacred teachings and receive the precepts according to the Dharma; in principle they must safeguard and uphold them, and only then is the reception complete. If from the outset there is no safeguarding, though received, it is not accomplished. Thus the Sarvāstivāda states: 'Without a mind of earnest reverence, the non-informative \[form\] is not generated.' Even if the reception is accomplished and their outward deportment is respectable, for the preservation and maintenance of the Buddha's Dharma, they must by principle unite in protecting them. Nowadays, shaving the hair, dyeing the robes, the karmans of the fourfold saṃgha, establishing saṃghārāmas, and instructing the clergy and laity—whatever is undertaken is nothing other than the Vinaya. If it produces good and obtains benefit, where their person must direct and manage it, they say with their mouth, 'I should do it'; but where defiling the precepts and giving rise to wrongdoing violates the network of teachings, they immediately say, 'I belong to the Great Vehicle, which has nothing to do with the Lesser Teaching.' Therefore the Buddhapiṭaka-sūtra sets forth the analogy of the bat-like bhikṣu, and the donkey wearing a lion's skin. Since broad condemnations and rebukes abound, what need is there to set them forth in detail? Fearing that future ignorant beginners might be clouded by their dust, I have extensively quoted and laid this out, yet still fear they may be similarly tainted. How lamentable! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1804.2.30) - [Next: 2.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1804.2.32) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1804.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1804~en-mt.2.31) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1804.2.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1804.2.31) · Pramāṇa