四分律行事鈔資持記 1.1191

1.1191

次科。云本結者，明先有界也。言佛制者，比丘住處，佛制必先結界，制令依界明矣；伽藍有緣未及結界，或依村舍等處，可依自然。若僧坊有界，定須依界；今人行法，有界之處，令依藍結；則餘場小，往返無妨；意謂依藍依界，隨人所欲，反謂此文是順古義（從前至此三處出此義，並指為古，謬之太甚。）；後學無知，皆隨盲導，何可救也。言却縮者，捨寬藍，從狹界，得教意故。下指廣者，疏明先本無界依藍結者；後云：立心行者行護從急；若後作法遠於自然，但依自然分齊；既無緣難，不可後開；若結狹本有說依新（他解），意以安居隨本自然為定；由本作法意在羯磨，安居隨處，不要加結。（古記見此，便謂先有界處，亦不須依界，誤矣。）

The next section. Saying 'originally established' clarifies that there was already a boundary previously. Saying 'the Buddha's regulation' means that for a bhikṣu's dwelling place, the Buddha's regulation mandates that one must first establish a boundary; that the regulation requires relying on a boundary is clear. If a monastery has conditions and has not yet had time to establish a boundary, or if relying on a village house or similar places, one may rely on a natural [boundary]. If the monastic quarters have a boundary, one definitively must rely on the boundary. Contemporary practitioners, in places where there is a boundary, instruct people to establish it relying on the monastery; then, since other platforms are small, going back and forth poses no obstacle. Their intention is that relying on the monastery or relying on the boundary is according to what the person desires, and conversely they claim this text accords with the ancient meaning. (From before up to this point, this meaning has appeared in three places, all designated as ancient—this is an extreme error!) Later students, lacking knowledge, all follow these blind guides; how can this be remedied? Saying 'retreating and shrinking' means abandoning the broad monastery and following the narrow boundary, because it captures the intent of the teaching. Below, pointing to the detailed [explanation] means: the Commentary clarifies that where there was originally no boundary, one establishes it relying on the monastery; later it states: 'A practitioner who establishes the resolve protects their practice by adhering to what is urgent; if performing the transaction later is far from the natural [boundary], one only relies on the limits of the natural [boundary]; since there are no difficulties from conditions, it cannot be permitted later; if a narrow [boundary] was established and originally existed, it is said to rely on the new' (another explanation). The intention is that observing the retreat is definitively determined according to the original natural [boundary]; since originally performing the transaction had its purpose in karmavācanā, observing the retreat is done anywhere, without needing an additional establishment. (Ancient records, seeing this, claimed that in places where there was already a boundary beforehand, one also does not need to rely on the boundary; they were mistaken.)