四分律行事鈔資持記 2.1504

2.1504

聽門中事，本是作持；由通止作，故分二門；謂房衣如法，名聽作；房有妨難，衣曾犯過，不合加法，故名聽止。言下，別釋，初釋可學。（準疏有法，即處分說淨等。）不可學中，初指同。但下，略示。謂房量過減，長財大小，迷忘互生；但不違教，故名止持；迷非可學，故不制犯。（法，謂作法是非，昏迷雜起也。）上二句始終迷。如作房衣過量，一向謂為如量等。下二句明轉想。如前心欲作過量，後轉謂如量；前心蘭，後心無犯；故云不定；今望後心，為不可學。

Affairs in the gate of permission originally belong to maintaining by action; because they extend to both cessation and action, they are divided into two gates: when dwellings and robes conform to the Dharma, it is called 'permitted action'; when a dwelling has hindrances or dangers, or a robe was involved in an offense so that it is improper to perform the ritual assignment upon it, it is called 'permitted cessation'. From 'Regarding...' onward, specific explanation; first, explaining 'capable of study'. (According to the Precept Commentary, there are procedures, namely formal determination, declaring purity, and so forth.) Under 'incapable of study', first referring to its identity with the preceding. From 'Only...' onward, a brief explanation. This means that regarding the excess or reduction in dwelling measurements, or the large or small amounts of surplus property, delusion and forgetfulness mutually arise; as long as one does not violate the teaching, it is called maintaining by cessation; because delusion is not capable of study, an offense is not prescribed. (Procedures refer to correctness or incorrectness in performing the karmans, where confusion and mixture arise together.) The upper two clauses concern delusion from beginning to end, such as making a dwelling or robe exceeding the measure while consistently believing it to conform to measure. The lower two clauses clarify a shift of perception: as when earlier the mind intended to make an excess, but later shifted to believing it conformed to measure; the earlier mind incurred a sthūlātyaya, whereas the later mind is without offense; hence it is called 'indeterminate'; now relative to the later mind, it is 'incapable of study'.