[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) › 2.23 # 天台菩薩戒疏 2.23 天台菩薩戒疏 2.23 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1812.2.23) 離間賢善戒第十九。稟性柔和名為賢善，乖隔彼此故云間善。和諍說訟菩薩所宜，今反離間欺謗，妨癈正修，故聖制也。別具四緣：一、是賢善，二、起兩舌離間之心，三、傳言往來，四、前人領解，便犯。言比丘者，乞士、破煩惱、怖魔，始終名比丘也。 > Nineteenth: the precept against estranging the worthy and good. Having an endowed nature that is gentle and compliant is termed 'worthy and good'; causing division between this and that is therefore termed 'estranging the good'. Reconciling disputes and settling litigations is what is proper for a bodhisattva; now, on the contrary, one creates estrangement, deceives and slanders, obstructing and abandoning correct practice; hence the sage instituted \[this precept\]. It specifically comprises four conditions: 1. it is a worthy and good \[person\]; 2. giving rise to a divisive mind of double-tongued speech; 3. carrying words back and forth; 4. the person before one understands—then one commits an offence. As for the term bhikṣu: a mendicant, one who destroys afflictions, and one who frightens Māra; from beginning to end he is called a bhikṣu. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1812.2.22) - [Next: 2.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1812.2.24) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1812.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1812~en-mt.2.23) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1812.2.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1812.2.23) · Pramāṇa