四分律行事鈔資持記 1.1127

1.1127

藍界寬狹中，初明依界有二；初至明出破夏，明別依成失。二跨取後文若根本下，明通依不失。由本結時不知別界，故通彼此。若依下，二明依藍亦二；初明藍寬界狹，或藍界齊等，明不失。以有界處本須依界；今乃依藍，故須注顯。（舊云順古者，非，與下文多違故。）若依界內下，二明藍狹界寬。或依別院別房之類。小界亦爾者，如別結一房，依房安居，出門即破。皆謂下，總結。言兩失者，依界依藍，各有一失一不失。即約本心有違不違；而非明文，故云義張也。法界多寬故緩，房處從狹故急。必有行人棲止大界，自意依房；捨緩從急，彌符教旨。

In [the section on] the breadth and narrowness of monastery grounds and boundaries: First, clarifying relying on boundaries has two parts. The first, up to clarifying that exiting breaks the rains retreat, clarifies that relying separately results in loss. Second, extending to take up the subsequent text from "If originally..." onward, clarifies that relying comprehensively does not result in loss. Because at the time of the original demarcation one did not know of separate boundaries, it comprehensively applies to both this and that. From "If relying..." onward, the second part clarifies relying on the monastery grounds, which also has two parts. The first clarifies that if the monastery grounds are broad and the boundary is narrow, or if the monastery grounds and boundary are identical, there is no loss. Because where there is a boundary, one originally must rely on the boundary; but here one relies on the monastery grounds, so it must be noted and elucidated. (The old view saying it accords with ancient interpretations is incorrect, as it largely contradicts the subsequent text.) From "If within the boundary..." onward, the second clarifies that the monastery grounds are narrow and the boundary is broad, or one relies on a separate courtyard, a separate cell, or the like. "A small boundary is also like this" means, for example, separately demarcating a single cell: if one undertakes the rains retreat relying on the cell, stepping outside the door immediately breaks it. From "All these mean..." onward is the general conclusion. Saying "both losses" means that relying on the boundary and relying on the monastery grounds each have one loss and one non-loss. That is, it is evaluated according to whether one's original intention is contravened or not contravened; since it is not an explicit text, it is called an "extension of principle." The Dharma boundary is mostly broad, so it is lax; a cell's location is narrow, so it is strict. If a practitioner resides in a great boundary and of his own volition relies on a cell, abandoning the lax to follow the strict accords even better with the intent of the teaching.