[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) › [四分律比丘含注戒本](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1806) › 1.10 # 四分律比丘含注戒本 1.10 四分律比丘含注戒本 1.10 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1806.1.10) 稽首禮諸佛，及法比丘僧，今演毘尼法， 令正法久住。戒如海無涯，如寶求無厭， 欲護聖法財，眾集聽我說。欲除四棄法， 及滅僧殘法，障三十捨墮，眾集聽我說。 毘婆尸、式棄，毘舍、拘留孫，拘那含牟尼， 迦葉、釋迦文，諸世尊大德，為我說是事， 我今欲善說，諸賢咸共聽。譬如人毀足， 不堪有所涉，毀戒亦如是，不得生天人。 欲得生天上，若生人中者，常當護戒足， 勿令有毀損。如御入險道，失轄折軸憂， 毀戒亦如是，死時懷恐懼。如人自照鏡， 好醜生欣慼，說戒亦如是，全毀生憂喜。 如兩陣共戰，勇怯有進退，說戒亦如是， 淨穢生安畏。世間王為最，眾流海為最， 眾星月為最，眾聖佛為最，一切眾律中， 《戒經》為上最；如來立禁戒，半月半月說。 > I bow my head in worship to the Buddhas, > and to the Dharma and the community of bhikṣus. > Now I expound the Vinaya Dharma, > so that the True Dharma may long abide. > The precepts are like the boundless sea, > like gems sought without satiety. > Desiring to protect the treasure of the noble Dharma, > let the assembly gather and listen to what I speak. > Desiring to eradicate the four pārājika dharmas, > and to extinguish the saṃghāvaśeṣa dharmas, > and obstruct the thirty niḥsargika-prāyaścittikas, > let the assembly gather and listen to what I speak. > Vipaśyin, Śikhin, > Viśvabhū, Krakucchanda, > Kanakamuni, > Kāśyapa, and Śākyamuni— > these Bhagavats, the Great Virtuous Ones, > spoke these matters for my sake; > now I wish to speak them well, > may all you worthy ones listen together. > Just as a person with injured feet > is unable to walk anywhere, > so it is with breaking the precepts: > one cannot be born among devas or humans. > If one wishes to be born in the heavens, > or if one is to be born among humans, > one should constantly guard the feet of precepts, > never allowing them to be damaged. > Like a charioteer entering a perilous road > who worries about losing the linchpin and breaking the axle, > so it is with breaking the precepts: > at the time of death one harbors terror. > Like a person looking in a mirror > who feels joy or sorrow at beauty and ugliness, > so it is when the precepts are spoken: > intactness or violation gives rise to worry or joy. > Like two battle-lines clashing, > where the brave and the cowardly advance or retreat, > so it is when the precepts are spoken: > purity or defilement gives rise to ease or fear. > In the world the king is foremost; > among all streams the ocean is foremost; > among all stars the moon is foremost; > among all sages the Buddha is foremost; > among all the Vinayas, > the Prātimokṣa Sūtra is the highest and foremost. > The Tathāgata established the prohibitive precepts, > to be spoken half-month by half-month. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1806.1.9) - [Next: 1.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1806.1.11) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1806.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1806~en-mt.1.10) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (4) - [四分律行事鈔資持記](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1805.1.471) — Classical Chinese - [四分比丘尼戒本](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.vinaya.sastra.dharmaguptakabhiksunipratimoksasutra*zh-buddhayasas.1.5) — Classical Chinese - [四分律比丘戒本](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.vinaya.pratimoksa.dharmaguptaka*zh-buddhayasas.1.5) — Classical Chinese - [四分僧戒本](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.vinaya.sastra.dharmaguptakapratimoksasutra*zh-buddhayasas.1.2) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1806.1.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1806.1.10) · Pramāṇa