天台菩薩戒疏 2.2

2.2

Next is the explanation of the forty-eight minor precepts. Distinguished from the ten major precepts, they receive the name "minor"; yet they are not without fault and entanglement, and so are called "defilements". Therein are three parts: first, concluding the preceding and introducing the subsequent; next, specific explanations; third, general conclusion. The first is as in the text. Next, the explanation has five parts: first, the thirty [precepts] are treated in three groups; next, the two sets of nine are treated in two groups. The first ten also has two parts: first, the explanation; next, concluding with exhortation and referring to the extensive version. The first explanation has ten precepts: