四分律刪繁補闕行事鈔 2.359

2.359

律宗，其唯持犯。持犯之相寔深，非夫積學洞微，窮幽盡理者，則斯義難見也！故歷代相遵，更無異術；雖少多分徑，而大旨無違。但後進新學，教網未諳；時過學肆，詎知始末；若覈持犯，何由可識？然持犯之文，貫通一部；就境彰名，已在隨相。今試約義總論，指其綱要；舉事以顯，令披尋者易矣！就中諸門分別：初知持犯名字，二解體狀，三明成就，四明通塞，五明漸頓，六明優劣，七雜料簡。

As for the Vinaya school, it consists solely of observance and transgression. The characteristics of observance and transgression are truly profound; unless one has accumulated learning, penetrated the subtle, and exhausted the profound to reach the principle, this meaning is difficult to see! Therefore, successive generations have complied with it without having any different method. Although their paths have differed somewhat, in great purport there is no divergence. However, successors and new learners are not yet conversant with the net of the teachings; as time passes in the schoolrooms, how could they know the beginning and end? If they were to scrutinize observance and transgression, by what means could they understand them? Yet the texts on observance and transgression run through the entire text; revealing names in reference to objects has already been done in "Conforming to Specific Marks." Now, let me attempt a general discussion based on the meaning, indicating its essential guidelines and presenting practical matters to make them apparent, so that those who consult it may find it easy! Herein, distinctions are made according to several sections: first, knowing the names of observance and transgression; second, explaining their essence and appearance; third, clarifying their fulfillment; fourth, clarifying their permeability and obstruction; fifth, clarifying the gradual and sudden; sixth, clarifying superiority and inferiority; and seventh, miscellaneous analyses.