菩薩戒義疏 1.21

1.21

四、《瓔珞經》受菩薩戒法。前禮三世三寶（三說）。次受四不壞信，歸依佛，歸依法，歸依僧，歸依戒（三說）。次懺悔十惡五逆等（三說）。次說十重戒，犯者失四十二賢聖法。問：「能持不？」（答：「能。」）然後結撮三歸，重騰前十重戒，讚歎發願言：「受菩薩戒者，超度四魔，越三界苦，生生不失，常隨行人，乃至成佛。若不受戒，不名有識，畜生無異，常離三寶海，非菩薩，是邪見外道，不近人情。勸化人受戒功德，勝造八萬四千寶塔。有戒犯者，勝無戒不犯。若真佛菩薩前受者，名上品戒。若佛滅後，千里內無法師，從佛菩薩像前自誓受者，名下品戒。」

Fourth, the ritual for receiving the bodhisattva precepts of the Yingluo jing. First, bowing to the Three Jewels of the three periods of time (spoken three times). Next, receiving the four indestructible confidences: taking refuge in the Buddha, taking refuge in the Dharma, taking refuge in the Saṃgha, and taking refuge in the Precepts (spoken three times). Next, repenting the ten unwholesome actions, the five heinous offenses, and so forth (spoken three times). Next, explaining the ten major precepts, transgressing which causes the loss of the forty-two virtuous and noble dharmas. Asking: "Are you able to uphold them?" (Answer: "I can.") Afterwards, concluding with the three refuges, reiterating the preceding ten major precepts, praising and making vows, saying: "Those who receive the bodhisattva precepts transcend the four Māras, surpass the sufferings of the three realms, do not lose them from rebirth to rebirth, and are constantly accompanied by them until attaining Buddhahood. If one does not receive the precepts, one is not called a sentient being with consciousness, being no different from an animal; one is forever separated from the ocean of the Three Jewels, is not a bodhisattva, is a non-Buddhist of wrong views, and lacks basic human sentiment. The merit of encouraging and converting people to receive the precepts surpasses that of building eighty-four thousand jewel stupas. One who possesses precepts and transgresses is superior to one who lacks precepts and does not transgress. If one receives them before a real Buddha or bodhisattva, it is called the upper-grade precept. If after the Buddha's parinirvāṇa there is no Dharma master within a thousand li, and one receives them by self-sworn vow before an image of the Buddha or a bodhisattva, it is called the lower-grade precept."