[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) › 2.36 # 四分律刪繁補闕行事鈔 2.36 四分律刪繁補闕行事鈔 2.36 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1804.2.36) 初言聖道本基者。如《成實》云：戒如捉賊，定如縛賊，慧如殺賊；三行次第，賢聖行之。即經云：依因此戒，得生諸禪定，及滅苦智慧。又律云：為調三毒令盡故，制增戒學。又云：戒者，行根面首，集眾善法，三昧成就。又《智論》云：若無此戒，雖諸苦行，皆名邪行。即經云：諸善功德，皆不得生。餘廣如《戒本疏》述之。 > First, 'the fundamental basis of the noble path.' As the Tattvasiddhi states: 'The precepts are like capturing a thief, concentration is like binding the thief, and wisdom is like slaying the thief; the sequence of the three practices is cultivated by the wise and the noble.' That is, as the sūtra states: 'Relying upon and caused by these precepts, one can produce the various dhyānas and concentrations, as well as the wisdom that extinguishes suffering.' Furthermore, the Vinaya states: 'In order to tame the three poisons and make them exhausted, the training in higher morality was instituted.' It also states: 'Precepts are the root and the foremost of practice, assembling all wholesome dharmas and bringing samādhi to accomplishment.' The Treatise on the Great Perfection of Wisdom also states: 'Without these precepts, even various austerities are all called deviant practices.' That is, as the sūtra states: 'None of the wholesome virtues can be born.' The rest is extensively explained as in the Commentary on the Prātimokṣa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1804.2.35) - [Next: 2.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1804.2.37) - [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.2.36) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1804.2.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1804.2.36) · Pramāṇa