四分律行事鈔資持記 1.138

1.138

明不具中。遮世疑云：三藏正教，義無改作；何以引用，輒有去取？故此釋之，仍引證據。初明取意。堪入宗者，涉今行事也。自下，指所餘。撮要包括，是鈔所宗；橫評繁文，即今所諱，故云非鈔者意也。故下，引證。初引本律，出三十四卷；次引《母論》，文出第六。並因比丘為人說法，不能廣說，白佛故聽。律文具引，論略白語。要謂精當該攝，妙即善巧適機。

In clarifying non-exhaustiveness: This blocks worldly doubts that say, "The correct teachings of the Tripiṭaka are doctrines that must not be altered; why, when citing them, should there arbitrarily be selection and rejection?" Therefore this explains it, and still cites proofs. First, it clarifies the intention behind selecting: those that "can enter the essential" are those that pertain to the present transactions. From "From... onward," it points to what was left over. Gathering the essentials and subsuming [the rest] is the central purport of the manual; cross-evaluating proliferating passages is precisely what is avoided now, hence it says, "This was not the intention of the manual." From "Therefore" downward, it cites proofs: first, it cites the root Vinaya, which appears in fascicle thirty-four; next, it cites the Vinayamātṛkā, whose text appears in fascicle six. Both arose because bhikṣus preaching the Dharma to people were unable to speak extensively, and having informed the Buddha, he permitted it. The Vinaya text cites it in full; the treatise omits the words of inquiry. "Essential" means precise, appropriate, and comprehensively inclusive; "marvelous" means skillful and fitted to capacities.