[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [四分律行事鈔資持記](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1805) › 2.8 # 四分律行事鈔資持記 2.8 四分律行事鈔資持記 2.8 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1805.2.8) 三明損中，初二句明性鈍。率，皆也。次二句明不學。條例即篇聚品類，憲章謂犯不犯相。隨下，明昧教。隨戒即戒相。霧遊觀海，竝喻不明。致下，彰過。上二句明隨塵嗜欲，故云忘歸；下二句任業牽生，故不知返。逝，往也。《大集》云：昔有一人避二醉象（生死），緣藤（命根）入井（無常），有黑白二鼠（日月），嚙藤將斷；旁有四蛇欲螫（四大），下有三龍吐火張爪拒之（三毒）；其人仰望二象，已臨井上，憂惱無託；忽有蜂過，遺蜜滴入口（五欲）；是人唼蜜，全忘危懼。今喻比丘不畏眾苦，貪著五欲；無心厭背也。故下，引證。彼明破戒受施，必感現報；腹則破裂，袈裟離身；或無此相，為有生報，故云也。 > In the third \[part\], clarifying harm, the first two lines clarify dullness of nature. 'All' means entirely. The next two lines clarify lack of study. 'Regulations' means the types within the sections and clusters; 'statutes' refers to the marks of violation and non-violation. 'Along with...' and what follows clarifies ignorance of the teachings. 'Concomitant precepts' refers to the precept-marks. Wandering in mist and gazing upon the sea are both metaphors for lack of clarity. 'Leading to...' and what follows reveals the fault. The upper two lines clarify following dust and indulging in desires, hence it says 'forgetting to return'; the lower two lines \[clarify\] letting karma pull one into rebirth, hence 'not knowing how to turn back'. 'Going' means departing. The Mahāsaṃnipāta-sūtra says: In the past, a person fled from two drunken elephants (birth and death), climbed down a vine (the life faculty) into a well (impermanence); there were black and white mice (sun and moon) biting the vine and about to sever it; at the side were four snakes wishing to sting (the four great elements); below, three dragons spat fire and spread their claws to ward him off (the three poisons); the person looked up at the two elephants, which had already reached the top of the well, and he was distressed with nothing to rely on; suddenly a bee passed by and dropped honey that fell into his mouth (the five desires); this person licked the honey, completely forgetting danger and fear. Here this is a metaphor for a bhikṣu who does not fear the myriad sufferings and greedily attaches to the five desires, having no intention of disgust or turning away. 'Therefore...' and what follows adduces proof. That text clarifies that receiving offerings while breaking the precepts will certainly bring about immediate retribution: one's belly will split open and the kāṣāya will fall from one's body; or if there are no such marks, it is because there is retribution in the next life; hence it is said. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1805.2.7) - [Next: 2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1805.2.9) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1805.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1805~en-mt.2.8) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [翻譯名義集](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2131.5.123) — 法雲, Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1805.2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1805.2.8) · Pramāṇa