梵網經菩薩戒本疏 5.56

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八、釋文者，亦三：初、舉過緣，二、正制斷，三、違結犯。初中為得財利或得官位，或但有惡心酬昔怨故。「通國使命」者，身為國使通致兩頭論鬪戰事，或但在一處亦其圖策令得相害亦犯，此或示得行兵等法，或入軍傳言立期交陣令多人命斷，故云「殺無量眾生」也。二、「而菩薩」下正制斷中，先舉輕，暫入軍中猶不開許，況作國賊令茲鬪戰。三、「若故」下違結犯，可知也。

Eighth, explaining the text: Also in three parts: first, citing the conditions of the fault; second, the explicit prohibition; third, the adjudication of the offense for violation. In the first, it is for the sake of obtaining wealth and profit, or obtaining official rank, or simply out of a malicious intent to avenge past grievances. "Communicating state missions" means personally acting as a state envoy to convey messages between both sides to discuss matters of war and combat; or even staying in one place and strategizing for them to enable mutual harm also incurs an offense—this might mean showing them methods of deploying troops and the like, or entering an army to transmit words and fix a date for battle, causing many lives to be cut short; hence it says "killing immeasurable sentient beings." Second, in the explicit prohibition from "Yet a bodhisattva..." onward, it first cites what is minor: even entering an army temporarily is not permitted, how much less acting as a traitor to the state to instigate this fighting. Third, the violation and adjudication of the offense from "If intentionally..." onward can be understood.