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# 梵網經菩薩戒本疏 5.23

梵網經菩薩戒本疏 5.23

- **Language:** Classical Chinese

### [5.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1813.5.23)

三、釋名者，心捨大乘故名「背正」，遵崇邪小故曰「向邪」，戒禁防此失故名為戒。

> Third, regarding the explanation of the name: because the mind abandons the Mahāyāna, it is called "turning one's back on the orthodox"; because one venerates and respects the heterodox and Hīnayāna, it is called "heading toward the heterodox." The precept restrains and guards against this fault; hence it is called a precept.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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