四分律行事鈔資持記 2.56

2.56

In the equal and mixed divisions: it only clarifies the reason for being below. First it divides front and back. The phrase 'however...' indicates the sequence. Question: Although running through above and below, it only presents one name; then should the front not subsume the light, and the back not subsume the heavy? Answer: Following their listing before or after, both subsume the three ranks; but being in front follows the heavy, with the light returning together; being in the rear follows the light, with above and below being subsumed equally. Question: Below it says that the five divisions conceptually possess three equalities; why say here that four are equal? Answer: Following what the *Precept Commentary* states, it provisionally takes the fruition offense of duṣkṛta to correspond to the number of the five divisions and five offenses; investigating the principle, duṣkṛta must be in the mixed, hence there are only four. Question: Does the independent sthūlātyaya have preparatory stages? Answer: Although the text is not clear, in principle it is the same as the lower cluster, establishing two preparatory stages.