四分律刪繁補闕行事鈔 2.55

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《薩婆多》云：於非眾生上，亦得無量戒善功德。如三千世界，下盡地際，傷損如塵，皆得其罪；翻惡成善，一一塵處，皆得戒善；乃至一草一葉一華，反罪順福，皆入戒門。故《善生》云：大地無邊，戒亦無邊；草木無量，戒亦無量；虛空大海，戒德高深，亦復如是。以此文證，理通法界，義須戴仰。

The *Sarvāstivāda* states: 'Toward non-sentient things, one also obtains immeasurable precept-goodness and merit. For example, throughout the trichiliocosm, down to the boundary of the earth, if one harms and damages as many things as there are dust motes, one incurs offenses for all of them; turning evil into good, at each dust mote, one obtains precept-goodness; up to a single blade of grass, a single leaf, or a single flower, reversing offense and according with merit, all enter the gate of the precepts.' Therefore the *Upāsaka-śīla-sūtra* states: 'The great earth is boundless, and the precepts are also boundless; grasses and trees are immeasurable, and the precepts are also immeasurable; the virtue of the precepts is as high and deep as empty space and the great ocean, being likewise.' Proved by these texts, the principle extends throughout the dharmadhātu, and the meaning must be revered and upheld.