四分律刪繁補闕行事鈔 3.274

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夫道俗相資，有逾影響；雖形法兩別，而所趣攸同。是故沙門處世，道緣須立；若不假彼外護，則無附法之心；既能受供資身，理須以法濟俗。故得光顯佛日，住持像運，使正法隱而重流，僧徒滅而更立者，其在茲乎！而澆末寡識寔多，明律知時人少。凡厥施化，止出喉心；於彼正教，都無詮述。所以事起非法，言成訛濫；反生不善，何名引接？皆由自無方寸，師心結法。故《善見》云：隨逐惡者，皆由無智；妄解佛教，誹謗如來；作諸惡業，廣生邪見。今以箴誨未聞，顯揚聖旨，初明說法軌儀，受戒方法；次辨生緣奉敬；後明士女入寺正式。

Indeed, monastics and laypeople assist each other more closely than a form and its shadow; although appearance and rules are distinct, that toward which they tend is the same. Therefore, when a śramaṇa dwells in the world, conditions for the Path must be established; if one does not rely on their external protection, there is no mind to take refuge in the Dharma; having received offerings to sustain the body, it is logically necessary to use the Dharma to deliver the laity. Thus to illuminate the sun of the Buddha, maintain the era of the semblant teaching, cause the correct Dharma that has faded to flow again, and re-establish the monastic assembly that has declined—does it not rest on this! Yet in this degenerate age, those of scant knowledge are truly many, and those who understand the Vinaya and discern the proper timing are few. Their teaching comes merely from their throats and minds, without any interpretation of that correct teaching. Therefore, their actions arise against the Dharma and their words become false and loose; on the contrary, they produce unwholesome results—how can this be called guiding and receiving? This is all because they lack inner discernment and invent rules out of their own opinions. Thus the Samantapāsādikā states: 'Those who follow evil do so entirely out of lack of wisdom; falsely understanding the Buddha's teachings, they slander the Tathāgata, create various evil karmas, and broadly give rise to wrong views.' Now, to admonish and instruct those who have not heard, and to elucidate the sage's intent, I shall first clarify the rules and demeanor for expounding the Dharma and the methods for receiving precepts; next, distinguish the respect shown to parents; and finally clarify the formal regulations for men and women entering the monastery.