四分律行事鈔資持記 2.1551

2.1551

約根中，初標。若下，釋。若論不學，通據始終，三根無異。無知之罪，位分三別；上根不待五夏，故云始終二罪（有云：頓得二罪，非也；不學有頓，無知無頓。）；中根五夏後結（義見前科，故不復出。）；下根一向不結。文明利鈍，不顯中根；義取前科，則三根備矣。

In terms of faculties: first the heading. From 'if' below, the explanation. If discussing failing to learn, it universally applies from beginning to end, with no difference among the three faculties. For the offense of ignorance, the stages are divided into three: those of superior faculties do not wait for five rains retreats, hence it says 'two offenses from beginning to end' (some say 'suddenly incurring two offenses', which is incorrect; failing to learn has sudden, but ignorance has no sudden); those of middling faculties incur it after five rains retreats (the meaning is seen in the previous section, hence not repeated here); those of inferior faculties are never imputed. The text clarifies sharp and dull without explicitly showing middling faculties; by taking the meaning from the previous section, the three faculties are complete.