四分律刪繁補闕行事鈔 1.97

1.97

Second, clarifying the 'precept essence.' If one relies on general treatises, they clarify the essence of karma that is generated; now, presenting it directly, I state straightforwardly the marks of the mind capable of receiving it. That is, regarding the phenomena as numerous as dust and sand in the Dharma-realm, the two truths, and so forth, through one's own firm commitment, one employs skillful means; purifying the vessel of the mind well, one vows never to commit evil; through deliberating contemplation and luminous wisdom, one subtly unites with the preceding phenomena. With this mind of firm commitment corresponding to that wonderful Dharma, there is the principle of dependent origination upon that Dharma; receiving and holding it in the mind is called the 'precept essence.'