四分律行事鈔資持記 2.1270

2.1270

In the *Mahāsāṃghika-vinaya*, it first clarifies the root offense. As for 'whirling the fire into a wheel,' it says 'playing with a fire-wheel,' which means whirling a firebrand with the hand so that it resembles a wheel. From 'If' onward, it explains compounding offenses. 'Lighting fire' terminates the clause. Above the character 'at' (在), a character 'if' (若) is missing, which exists in old editions. This means that if one burns living ground and also violates the digging precept, there are three offenses. Based on the text, there are two offenses; here, an additional one is inferred according to principle, and therefore below, that text is cited again as proof. This is according to what occurs, and need not necessarily be all of them; if on dead ground one lights dry wood, one only commits this single precept.