菩薩戒本疏 2.77

2.77

若佛子！佛滅度後，欲以好心受菩薩戒時，於佛菩薩形像前自誓受戒，當以七日佛前懺悔，得見好相，便受得戒。若不得好相，應以二七、三七乃至一年，要得好相。得好相已，便得佛菩薩形像前受戒。若不得好相，雖佛像前受戒，不名得戒。若先受菩薩戒，法師前受戒時，不須要見好相，是法師師師相授故，不須好相。是以法師前受戒即得戒，以生重心故便得戒。若千里內無能授戒師，得佛菩薩形像前自誓受戒，而要見好相。若法師自倚解經律大乘學戒，與國王、太子、百官以為善友，而新學菩薩來問若經義、律義，以輕心、惡心、慢心一一不好答問者，犯輕垢罪。

"If a disciple of the Buddha, after the Buddha's parinirvāṇa, wishes to receive the bodhisattva precepts with a good mind, and makes a self-vow to receive the precepts before an image of the Buddha or a bodhisattva, they should repent before the Buddha for seven days; upon seeing a good sign, they then attain the precepts. If they do not obtain a good sign, they should continue for two periods of seven days, three periods of seven days, or even up to one year, insisting on obtaining a good sign. Having obtained a good sign, they then may receive the precepts before an image of the Buddha or a bodhisattva. If they do not obtain a good sign, although they receive the precepts before an image of the Buddha, they are not said to have attained the precepts. If they previously received the bodhisattva precepts, when receiving the precepts before a Dharma master, they do not need to see a good sign, because these Dharma masters transmit them from master to master; therefore, a good sign is not needed. For this reason, receiving the precepts before a Dharma master immediately confers the precepts, because generating a mind of reverence immediately confers the precepts. If within a thousand leagues there is no master capable of conferring the precepts, one may make a self-vow to receive the precepts before an image of the Buddha or a bodhisattva, but must see a good sign. If a Dharma master, relying on their own understanding of the scriptures, vinaya, and the Mahāyāna learning and precepts, and being a good friend to kings, crown princes, and the hundred officials, when a newly learning bodhisattva comes to inquire about the meaning of the scriptures or the meaning of the vinaya, answers the questions improperly out of a slighting mind, malicious mind, or conceited mind, they commit a duṣkṛta offense."