梵網經菩薩戒本疏 6.137

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八、釋文者，文中有四：一、舉法總制，二、就人辨定，三、呵違讚順，四、故違結犯。前中用受戒前後以明長幼故如坐，餘一切皆爾。律云：見上座應起不應安坐，見下座不應起等。二、「不問」下約人辨定中，有人釋云：令四眾等雜合通坐以明長幼。今解不爾。比丘眾中自辨尊卑，餘眾皆爾。是則大小宛然，男女道俗不相和雜。三、「莫如」下簡非顯是，謂「莫如」等簡非令離，「我佛法」等顯是令修。四、「而菩薩」下而違制結犯，可知。

Eighth, explaining the text: In the text there are four parts: first, citing the principle to make a general prescription; second, determining it with respect to persons; third, reprimanding violation and praising compliance; fourth, concluding the offense for deliberate violation. In the former, seniority is clarified based on the order of receiving the precepts, and this applies to sitting and all other matters. The Vinaya states: 'Seeing a senior, one should rise and should not remain seated; seeing a junior, one should not rise,' and so forth. Second, below 'regardless of', in determining it with respect to persons, someone explains: 'It causes the four assemblies to sit mixed together to demonstrate seniority.' Now this is explained differently: within the bhikṣu assembly, seniority is determined internally, and so it is for the other assemblies. Thus seniority is distinct, and male and female, monastic and lay, are not mixed together. Third, below 'do not be like', distinguishing the incorrect to reveal the correct: 'do not be like', etc., sets aside the incorrect so that one may abandon it; 'my Buddha-dharma', etc., reveals the correct so that one may cultivate it. Fourth, below 'Yet a bodhisattva', concluding the offense for violating the prescription may be understood.