四分律行事鈔資持記 1.926

1.926

教誡中，初文《僧祇》廣略次第四節，初明廣說三藏。晨朝，日中，昏暮，為三時也。不下，略說三藏。律藏戒相，經論三科，皆其要者。（五陰十二入十八界為三科。）若受下，復以禪誦便當教授。若不下，直言約勒，不引經律。已上四法，言雖繁省，並須三時。

Under 'Instructional Admonition': The first text, from the Mahāsāṃghika-vinaya, has four stages in order of extensive and abridged: first, it explains extensively expounding the Tripiṭaka. Dawn, midday, and twilight are the three periods of the day. From 'if not' downward, it is explaining the Tripiṭaka in an abridged manner. The precept-marks of the Vinayapiṭaka, and the three categories of the sūtras and treatises, are all the essentials. (The five aggregates, twelve sense bases, and eighteen elements are the three categories.) From 'if receiving' downward, one also takes meditation and recitation as opportunities to instruct. From 'if not' downward, it is directly giving restraints without citing sūtras or vinaya. The above four methods, though varying in verbosity and brevity, all require the three periods of the day.