天台菩薩戒疏 1.47

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第十、助謗三寶戒。勝德可珍名之為寶，非理塵黷故稱為謗。別具六緣：一、對眾助謗，二、是大乘一體及別相三寶，三、起上二想，四、有謗心，五、言說了了，六、前人領解，便犯，闕緣犯輕。就文亦三：初、標名令止惡，次、令行善，三、「況口」下舉過結犯。初文亦二：初明犯事，自謗教人俱結重罪。次明成業，內心因邪見等為緣，巧設虛假為法，此心為法務名業。次、「而菩薩」下，制令行善中，言外道者，遊心圓理之外，乃至外外三宗並名外道。一言謗佛，常應痛念，故喻鉾㓨。鉾者兵器也，長於二丈，用建兵車。三、結犯，如文。

Tenth: the precept against assisting in slandering the Three Jewels. Superior virtues worthy of veneration are termed "Jewels"; to unreasoningly sully and defile them is therefore called "slander". It specifically possesses six conditions: first, assisting in slander before an assembly; second, the object is the Mahāyāna identical-essence and distinct-characteristics Three Jewels; third, giving rise to the above two conceptions; fourth, having the intention to slander; fifth, the speech is clear and distinct; sixth, the other person understands, whereupon the offense is committed. If any condition is lacking, one commits a minor offense. As for the text, it likewise has three parts: first, stating the title to enjoin the cessation of evil; next, enjoining the practice of the good; third, from "how much more so with the mouth..." onward, adducing the fault and concluding the offense. The first text also has two aspects: first, explaining the act of violation; slandering oneself or instructing others both constitute a major offense. Next, explaining the consummation of the karma: the internal mind is the cause, false views and the like serve as conditions, skillfully contriving falsities serves as the method, and engaging this mind in the practice of the method is called karma. Next, in "Yet a bodhisattva..." onward, within enjoining the practice of the good: regarding "outsiders" (tīrthikas), those whose minds wander outside the perfect principle, up to and including the three doctrines external to the external, are all termed "outsiders". At even a single word slandering the Buddha, one should always feel poignant sorrow; thus it is compared to the thrust of a pike. A pike is a weapon over two chang in length, mounted upon war chariots. Third, concluding the offense, as in the text.