四分律行事鈔資持記 1.873

1.873

捨戒中。總有四捨。一作法捨，二命終捨，三二形生，四斷善根。此明作法一種。又捨通漸頓，若直作白衣，則三戒齊失，名為頓捨。（五十具也。）若捨具作沙彌，或捨具十作優婆塞，則名漸捨。略知如此，餘廣如《疏》。

Relinquishing the precepts: in total there are four ways of relinquishing: first, relinquishing by ritual; second, relinquishing at the end of life; third, the arising of two physical forms (hermaphroditism); fourth, severing the roots of goodness. Here, the single type of relinquishing by ritual is clarified. Furthermore, relinquishment covers both gradual and sudden: if one directly becomes a white-robed layperson, all three sets of precepts are lost simultaneously, which is called sudden relinquishment (the five, ten, and full [precepts]). If one relinquishes the full [precepts] to become a śrāmaṇera, or relinquishes the full and ten [precepts] to become an upāsaka, this is called gradual relinquishment. Know this briefly in this manner; the rest is extensive as in the Commentary.