[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) › [天台菩薩戒疏](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1812) › 1.8 # 天台菩薩戒疏 1.8 天台菩薩戒疏 1.8 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1812.1.8) 第一、開悟者。夫戒德難量，功高萬像，為九乘之軌筏，運三寶之舟航。是故經云：一切眾生因戒而有。故《薩遮經》云：「若不持戒者，尚不得野干之身，況功德之身？」又《華嚴》云：「戒是無上菩提本，應當具足持禁戒。」《涅槃經》云：「若持是經而不持戒，名魔眷屬，非我弟子，我亦不聽受持是經。」又《月燈三昧經》云：「雖有色族及多聞，若無戒智猶禽獸；雖處卑下少聞見，能持淨戒名勝士。」且戒有多途，五、八、十、具，剋論功報，隨受者心。今菩薩戒報圓佛果，相好無邊，三達、五眼、十力、無畏一切功德，既發大心，即上品心受菩薩戒。菩薩戒者，則五十一位圓菩薩乘之律儀也。所以經云：邊方中國，若人非人，解法師語，盡皆得受。須人人正信，發志誠心，諸佛究竟證圓四德，居常寂光，於法身地起無緣慈，等念群生猶如赤子。我等愚冥，日用莫知，三界輪環，四生沈溺，唯圓妙覺究盡無明，故發圓心而希圓行，知因感果，驚覺常情，故名開悟。 > First, opening to awakening: Now, the virtue of the precepts is difficult to measure; their merit is exalted above all phenomena, serving as the guide and raft for the nine vehicles, and operating as the ship and ferry for the Three Jewels. Therefore, a sūtra says: 'All sentient beings exist by relying on the precepts.' Hence the Satyaka Sūtra says: 'If one does not uphold the precepts, one cannot even obtain the body of a jackal, let alone a body of merit.' Furthermore, the Avataṃsaka says: 'The precepts are the foundation of unsurpassable bodhi; one must fully uphold the prohibitive precepts.' The Nirvāṇa Sūtra says: 'If one upholds this sūtra but does not uphold the precepts, he is called a member of Māra's retinue, not my disciple, and I do not permit him to receive and uphold this sūtra.' The Samādhirāja Sūtra also says: 'Though one possesses bodily beauty, high birth, and extensive learning, if one lacks the wisdom of the precepts, one is still like a beast; though one dwells in lowliness with little hearing or seeing, if one can uphold pure precepts, one is called a superior person.' / Moreover, the precepts have many paths: five, eight, ten, and the complete \[precepts\]. When strictly discussing merit and recompense, they follow the receiver's mind. Now, the recompense of the bodhisattva precepts is the perfect Buddha fruit, with boundless marks and signs, the three knowledges, the five eyes, the ten powers, and the fearlessnesses—all meritorious virtues. Having already generated the great mind, one receives the bodhisattva precepts with the highest grade of mind. The bodhisattva precepts are the vinaya of the perfect bodhisattva vehicle of the fifty-one stages. Therefore, the sūtra says: whether in the borderlands or the central realms, whether human or non-human, as long as they understand the Dharma master's speech, all may receive them. Every person must have right faith and generate a mind of sincere resolve: all Buddhas have completely realized and perfected the four virtues, dwell in the Light of Eternal Quiescence, and from the ground of the dharmakāya give rise to unconditioned compassion, equally regarding the multitude of living beings like infant children. We, ignorant and benighted, live day by day without knowing; cycling in the three realms, sinking in the four modes of birth, only the perfect wondrous enlightenment completely exhausts ignorance. Therefore, generating the perfect mind and aspiring to perfect practice, knowing the cause and feeling the fruit, startling normal worldly habits into wakefulness—this is called opening to awakening. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1812.1.7) - [Next: 1.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1812.1.9) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1812.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1812~en-mt.1.8) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [四明尊者教行錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1937.1.65) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1812.1.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1812.1.8) · Pramāṇa