菩薩戒本疏 1.32

1.32

佛告諸菩薩言：我今半月半月自誦諸佛法戒，汝等一切發心菩薩亦誦，乃至十發趣、十長養、十金剛、十地諸菩薩亦誦。是故戒光從口出，有緣非無因故。光光非青黃赤白黑，非色非心，非有非無，非因果法，是諸佛之本原行，菩薩道之根本，是大眾諸佛子之根本。是故大眾諸佛子，應受持應讀誦善學。佛子諦聽！若受佛戒者，國王王子、百官宰相、比丘比丘尼、十八梵、六欲天子、庶民黃門、婬男婬女、奴婢八部、鬼神金剛神、畜生乃至變化人，但解法師語盡受得戒，皆名第一清淨者。

The Buddha addressed the bodhisattvas, saying: "Now, half-month by half-month, I recite the Dharma-precepts of all Buddhas myself; all of you bodhisattvas who have aroused the aspiration should also recite them, and even the bodhisattvas of the ten stages of orientation, the ten stages of nourishment, the ten adamantine stages, and the ten grounds should also recite them. For this reason, the light of the precepts emerges from my mouth, possessing conditions and not being without cause. The light is neither blue, yellow, red, white, nor black; it is neither matter nor mind; it is neither existent nor non-existent; it is not a conditioned phenomenon of cause and effect; it is the fundamental practice of all Buddhas, the foundation of the bodhisattva path, and the foundation of all Buddha-children of the great assembly. Therefore, all Buddha-children of the great assembly should receive and uphold them, should read and recite them, and should train well in them. Children of the Buddha, listen attentively! If someone receives the Buddha's precepts—whether kings, crown princes, ministers, chancellors, bhikṣus, bhikṣuṇīs, the eighteen Brahmā [heavens], the sons of gods of the six desire [heavens], commoners, eunuchs, libidinous men, libidinous women, male or female slaves, the eight classes of beings, ghosts and spirits, vajra-spirits, animals, or even transformed humans—as long as they understand the Dharma-master's words, they all receive and obtain the precepts, and are all called the foremost pure ones."