[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [四分律行事鈔資持記](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1805) › 1.793 # 四分律行事鈔資持記 1.793 四分律行事鈔資持記 1.793 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.793](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1805.1.793) 都截中。二文並明比丘，蓋準已受，例決未受耳。《本律》四種。上三緣壞，下一犍壞。不下，點下一種，不簡都分。《五分》，初引緣起。乃至者，略自截之語。應截者，欲情可治故。不應截者，報色無記故。即《四十二章經》云：若斷其陰，不如斷心是也。告下，明佛判。諸文都截並制滅擯，唯此《五分》有少留之開，下令準之。依篇懺者，自害身分，犯重偷蘭，殺方便也。準下例決。已截，謂都去少留者。準前勘者，即心性未改等。餘部即取《五分》，本部都截定不得故。《疏》云：《四分》無文，可準例也。 > Under "complete severing": Both texts explain bhikṣus; this is presumably determining the unordained by analogy to the already ordained. The root Vinaya has four kinds: the top three are damaged by external circumstances, while the last one is damaged by castration. From "Not" onward, he notes the last kind, not distinguishing between complete and partial. In the \*Mahīśāsaka-vinaya\*, first he cites the origin narrative. "And so on" abbreviates the words about cutting it off himself. "What should be severed" refers to sensual desires because they can be eliminated. "What should not be severed" refers to the karmic bodily form because it is morally neutral. This is just as the \*Sūtra in Forty-Two Chapters\* says: "If you cut off your genitals, it is not as good as cutting off the mind." From "Told" onward, it shows the Buddha's determination. Various texts uniformly institute expulsion for complete severing; only this \*Mahīśāsaka-vinaya\* has an exception for leaving a small part, which he instructs to follow below. "Repenting according to the category": harming one's own bodily parts incurs a grave thullaccaya (sthūlātyaya), being a preparatory stage to killing. From "Following" onward, he decides by analogy. "Already severed" refers to having removed all while leaving a small part. "Examining according to the former" means that the mental nature has not changed, and so forth. The other school takes the \*Mahīśāsaka-vinaya\*, because in our own school complete severing definitely does not obtain \[ordination\]. The \*Commentary\* says: "The \*Dharmaguptaka-vinaya\* has no text, but it can be decided by analogy." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.792](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1805.1.792) - [Next: 1.794](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1805.1.794) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1805.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1805~en-mt.1.793) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1805.1.793](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1805.1.793) · Pramāṇa