四分律行事鈔資持記 2.496

2.496

指廣中。二律開多，即如向引。《僧祇》意急者，彼云：若他女人沒水，作地想持出；不爾，與竹木繩索等；是知女想則不開也。須下，結勸。二律緩者，止為濟他；《僧祇》急者，防於損己。過集等者，出其急意。

In "Pointing out the extensive texts": the two Vinayas grant many exceptions, as was just cited. Regarding the stringency of the *Mahāsāṃghika-vinaya*'s intention, it states: if another's woman is drowning in water, one must conceptualize her as the earth and pull her out; if not, one offers bamboo, wood, ropes, and the like. From this we know that if she is conceptualized as a woman, no exception is granted. From "must..." downward, it concludes with an exhortation. That the two Vinayas are lenient is merely to rescue another; that the *Mahāsāṃghika* is stringent is to guard against harming oneself. "The accumulation of faults," etc., presents this intention of stringency.