[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) › 2.421 # 四分律刪繁補闕行事鈔 2.421 四分律刪繁補闕行事鈔 2.421 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.421](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1804.2.421) 今通會輕重。約初篇中淫戒以明。如內心淫意，身口未現，名遠方便，此犯吉羅。故文云：或發心作，心念作也。若爾，與單心何別？答：律制，動身口思心，名為期業；若單心者，制限大乘。故《善見》云：凡人恒緣欲境，聖人若制心戒者，無有得脫之期。故律中起心，不動身口，但自剋責，還復好心，是名不犯。二動身口，未到前境，名次方便，犯偷蘭。三者臨至境所，身分相交，未至犯處已來，名近方便，是重偷蘭。已下諸聚，雖輕重多少不同，大相可準。 > Now we synthesize the light and heavy in general. We clarify this based on the precept on unchastity in the first class. If there is an internal mind of lustful intention that has not manifested in body and speech, it is called a remote preliminary expedient, which commits a duṣkṛta. Therefore the text says: 'Either initiating the intention to do it, or mentally intending to do it.' If so, how does this differ from mere mind? Answer: The Vinaya's formulation is that an intentional mind that moves body and speech is called determinate action; as for mere mind, its prohibition is limited to the Mahāyāna. Therefore the Samantapāsādikā states: 'Ordinary people constantly direct their minds toward sensory objects; if the Sage were to formulate precepts for the mind, there would be no time when one could obtain liberation.' Therefore, when a thought arises in the Vinaya without moving body and speech, if one merely reproaches oneself and restores a wholesome mind, this is called no offense. Second, moving body and speech without having reached the intended object is called the intermediate preliminary expedient, committing a sthūlātyaya. Third, arriving at the location of the object and the bodily parts making contact, up to the point of not yet reaching the place of the offense, is called the proximate preliminary expedient, which is a heavy sthūlātyaya. Although the light and heavy, more and less, differ in the subsequent categories below, they can generally be matched to this standard. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.420](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1804.2.420) - [Next: 2.422](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1804.2.422) - [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.2.421) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [維摩經略疏垂裕記](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1779.6.128) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1804.2.421](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1804.2.421) · Pramāṇa