四分律行事鈔資持記 3.971

3.971

次科，《智論》，初明制教簡意。二根，即身狹二形；無根，謂無男女道。失下，釋上無得道根。四句四事，失男女相，是報障；心不定，即業障；結使，即煩惱障；四智慧淺者，三障既重，故多愚癡。次明化教通收。即《梵網》中，二形黃門、婬男婬女、八部鬼神畜生等，但解法師語，盡得受戒。準約制教，黃形非畜，盡歸重難，化教竝開。故云無不容也。但下，顯示律中制簡所以。大教雖容受戒，律制不許出家。稠林曲木，喻其難拔。稠即密也。

In the next section, the Mahāprajñāpāramitopadeśa first explains the intention of screening in the disciplinary teaching (regulatory Vinaya). 'Two roots' refers to bodily narrowness and dual gender (hermaphrodite); 'no root' refers to lacking the male or female organ. Below, 'Lacking...': explains the above absence of the root for attaining the Path. Four lines and four matters: losing the physical marks of male and female is the retributive obstacle; an unstable mind is the karmic obstacle; the fetters are the affliction obstacle; and fourth, 'shallow wisdom': since the three obstacles are heavy, there is much folly. Next, it clarifies that the teaching of conversion encompasses all. That is, in the Brahmajāla-sūtra, dual-gendered persons, eunuchs (paṇḍakas), licentious men, licentious women, the eight classes of spirits and ghosts, animals, and so forth, as long as they understand the Dharma master's words, are all able to receive the precepts. Assessed according to the disciplinary teaching, eunuchs, hermaphrodites, non-humans, and animals all fall under grave impediments; the teaching of conversion opens exceptions for all of them. Hence it says 'there is none it does not accommodate'. Below, 'Only...': reveals the reason for the screenings and prohibitions in the Vinaya. Although the Great Teaching permits receiving the precepts, the Vinaya rules do not permit leaving household life. Dense forests and bent wood are metaphors for being difficult to pull up. 'Dense' means crowded.