四分律行事鈔資持記 1.201

1.201

《十誦》中。佛制比丘，五夏已前，專精律部。若達持犯，辨比丘事，然後乃可學習經論。今越次而學，行既失序，入道無由；大聖呵責，終非徒爾。又彼律云：佛見諸比丘不學毘尼，遂讚歎毘尼，面前讚歎波離持律第一。後諸上座長老比丘，從波離學律也。今時纔霑戒品，便乃聽教參禪。為僧行儀，一無所曉。況復輕陵戒檢，毀呰毘尼。貶學律為小乘，忽持戒為執相。於是荒迷塵俗，肆恣兇頑。嗜杯臠自謂通方，行婬怒言稱達道。未窮聖旨，錯解真乘。且戒必可輕，汝何登壇而受？律必可毀，汝何削髮染衣？是則輕戒全是自輕，毀律還成自毀。妄情易習，正道難聞。拔俗超群，萬中無一。請詳聖訓，能無從乎！

In the Daśādhyāya-vinaya: the Buddha instituted that before five rains retreats, a bhikṣu must concentrate purely on the Vinaya division. If one masters maintenance and violation and discerns the affairs of a bhikṣu, only then may one study the sūtras and treatises. Nowadays people skip the stages to study; since their practice has already lost its order, there is no way for them to enter the path. The great sage's scolding was certainly not in vain. Furthermore, that Vinaya states: the Buddha, seeing that the bhikṣus did not study the Vinaya, then praised the Vinaya and praised Upāli face-to-face as foremost in upholding the Vinaya. Later, the elders and senior bhikṣus studied the Vinaya under Upāli. Nowadays, no sooner do people touch the precept-rank than they listen to doctrinal teachings and participate in Chan. As for the deportment of a monastic, they understand nothing at all. How much more do they transgress the restraints of the precepts and slander the Vinaya! They disparage studying the Vinaya as Hīnayāna, and disregard upholding the precepts as clinging to marks. Thereupon they run wild in worldly dust, indulging themselves in villainy and stubbornness. Fond of cups and meat, they call themselves versatile; engaging in lust and anger, they claim to have penetrated the path. Not plumbing the sacred intent, they mistakenly interpret the true vehicle. Furthermore, if the precepts must be despised, why did you mount the platform to receive them? If the Vinaya must be slandered, why did you shave your hair and dye your robes? Thus, despising the precepts is entirely despising oneself; slandering the Vinaya turns out to be slandering oneself. Deluded passions are easily practiced; the correct path is hard to hear. Those who transcend the mundane and surpass the multitude are not one in ten thousand. I pray you examine the sacred instruction—how can you not follow it!