四分律行事鈔資持記 2.1572

2.1572

六中。指前持者，佛在根利犯輕，滅後漸濁犯重。三時相對，輕重亦然。（準約三方，南優餘劣。）

In the sixth: The reference to the previous maintenance means that when the Buddha was in the world, faculties were sharp and violations were light; after his extinction, [faculties] became gradually turbid and violations were heavy. When the three periods are contrasted, lightness and gravity are also like this. (Modeled on the three regions: the South is superior and the rest are inferior.)