菩薩戒義疏 2.14

2.14

"Skillfully learn" the ten major [precepts] is the third section: the general conclusion. There are three chapters: first, presenting the Dharma that is upheld; second, admonitions and exhortations; third, pointing to subsequent explanations. Within these three, each has two passages. In the first two: first, presenting the persons, namely "those who skillfully learn," which is a word of praise; second, presenting the Dharma, "the bodhisattva prātimokṣa," which here means securing liberation; liberation is the fruit and the precepts are the cause, so this speaks of the fruit within the cause. From "should" onwards is the second: admonishing and exhorting regarding violation and upholding, which also has two parts: first, exhorting study and upholding; second, separately presenting the gains and losses. From "if there is" onwards is the first: presenting gains and losses. From "you all" onwards is the second: exhorting study and upholding. From "eighty thousand" onwards is the third: generally pointing to subsequent explanations. It points forward to the future exposition in the "Chapter on the Eighty Thousand Deportments" in the latter part of the large edition.