四分律比丘含注戒本 3.477

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明人能護戒，能得三種樂：名譽及利養，
死得生天上。當觀如是處，有智應護戒，
戒淨有智慧，便得第一道。如過去諸佛，
及以未來者，現在諸世尊，能勝一切憂，
皆共尊敬戒，此是諸佛法。若有自為身，
欲求於佛道，當尊重正法，此是諸佛教。
七佛為世尊，滅除諸結使，說是七戒經，
諸縛得解脫，已入於涅槃，諸戲永滅盡。
尊行大仙說，聖賢稱譽戒，弟子之所行，
入寂滅涅槃。世尊涅槃時，興起於大悲，
集諸比丘眾，與如是教戒：「莫謂我涅槃，
淨行者無護；我今說《戒經》，亦善說毘尼，
我雖般涅槃，當視如世尊。此經久住世，
佛法得熾盛；以是熾盛故，得入於涅槃。」
若不持此戒，如所應布薩，喻如日沒時，
世界皆闇冥。當護持此戒，如犛牛愛尾；
和合一處坐，如佛之所說。我已說《戒經》，
眾僧布薩竟。我今說《戒經》，所說諸功德，
施一切眾生，皆共成佛道。

An illuminated person who can guard the precepts will obtain three kinds of joy:
Fame and offerings,
And upon death rebirth in heaven.
Contemplating such consequences, the wise should guard the precepts;
With pure precepts and wisdom, one directly attains the supreme path.
Just as all the Buddhas of the past,
And likewise those of the future,
And the Bhagavats of the present,
Able to overcome all sorrows,
All reverently honor the precepts—this is the nature of all Buddhas.
If someone, for their own sake,
Wishes to seek the Buddha path,
They should respect and revere the true Dharma; this is the teaching of the Buddhas.
The Seven Buddhas were Bhagavats who eradicated all saṃyojanas;
Having spoken these seven Prātimokṣa Sūtras, freed from all fetters,
They have entered into nirvāṇa, all proliferation forever extinguished.
Spoken by the revered Maharṣi of noble conduct, the precepts praised by the sages and worthies,
Practiced by the disciples, lead to entrance into quiescent nirvāṇa.
When the Bhagavat was about to enter nirvāṇa, he gave rise to great compassion,
Assembled the community of bhikṣus, and imparted such instructions in the precepts:
"Do not say that after my nirvāṇa, those of pure conduct will have no protector;
I have now spoken the Prātimokṣa Sūtra and have also well expounded the Vinaya.
Although I enter parinirvāṇa, you should regard [these] as the Bhagavat.
When this sūtra long abides in the world, the Buddha-Dharma will flourish;
Because of its flourishing, one is able to enter into nirvāṇa."
If one does not uphold these precepts, conducting the poṣadha as ought to be done,
It is just like when the sun sets, and the world is plunged into darkness.
One should guard and uphold these precepts, as a yak cherishes its tail;
Sit gathered in concord in one place, as spoken by the Buddha.
I have now spoken the Prātimokṣa Sūtra, and the Saṃgha's poṣadha is concluded.
Whatever merit has been spoken by me now in speaking the Prātimokṣa Sūtra,
I dedicate to all sentient beings, that all together may realize the Buddha path.