四分律行事鈔資持記 2.55
English (machine translation) 2.55
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2.55
In explaining 'precepts and deportment': the first two lines indicate it in general. The phrase 'generally...' explains separately, first explaining the general: in the circumstances of the Vinaya precepts, the Buddha universally rebuked them, saying: 'What you did is wrong, it is not deportment'; and further said: 'Such foolish people have many kinds of taints, being the very first to break the precepts.' Every single precept is like this, so we know all of them combine both names; for the major precepts of the upper division also run contrary to deportment, and the deportment of the lower cluster is nothing other than prohibiting evil. The phrase 'if [one considers]...' explains the specific. What was distinguished above follows the specific precisely.
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- 四分律行事鈔資持記 — Classical Chinese