四分律刪繁補闕行事鈔 3.464

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古云：博學為濟貧，此言誠驗。若《四分》缺於事法，他部自有明文；理必準行，不乖二是。然則棄急從緩，捨有求無，損輕重之是非，任愚懷之取捨；此乃自貽負愧，罪豈他科。當隨本受為宗，《鈔》序具顯；若全未預法，則隨入一部為依持，順文謹用行之，可以為準的。然事乃萬途，尋條難反；且疏要約者，用示規模。就中分七：一明僧數多少，二聖法通塞，三重犯不同，四攝事寬狹，五心境差別，六捨懺有異，七隨相階別。

The ancients said: "Broad learning serves to relieve poverty"; these words are truly verified. If the Dharmaguptaka is deficient in a practical procedure, other schools have clear texts; by principle one must act in accordance with them, and not go against both being valid. However, abandoning the urgent to follow the lax, relinquishing what exists to seek what does not, diminishing the right and wrong of minor and major offenses, and following the preferences of a foolish mind—this brings shame upon oneself, and how could the fault belong to another category? One should take one's original reception [of the precepts] as the authority, as the preface of this manual fully reveals; if one has not yet undertaken the Dharma at all, one relies on entering one school as a foundation, follows the text, and prudently puts it into practice, which can serve as a standard. But affairs have myriad paths, and following out every branch is difficult; here I merely outline the essentials to show the model. Within this, there are seven parts: 1. Clarifying the number of monks; 2. The applicability and limits of the sacred procedures; 3. Differences in repeated infractions; 4. The breadth and narrowness of encompassed affairs; 5. Distinctions in mental states and objects; 6. Differences in relinquishment and confession; 7. Hierarchical distinctions according to external marks.