梵網經古迹記 2.35

2.35

述曰：此第二、法也。此中「光光」謂諸戒也，從喻瑞相而得名故。戒雖名色而非顯形，以依善思分限立故。無質礙故「非色」，無緣慮故「非心」，不離緣故「非有」，不即緣故「非無」。以非有故「非因果法」，以非無故「諸佛本原」，佛本原故「菩薩根本」，以與因果作根本故，由此時眾亦為根本。是以佛子初受後持誦文學義。

Commentary: This is the second [section, on] the Dharma. Here, "brilliance upon brilliance" refers to the various precepts, taking its name from the metaphorical auspicious signs. Although the precepts are categorized as form, they are neither visible colors nor shapes, because they are established on the basis of the determination of wholesome volition. Because they lack physical obstruction, they are "not form"; because they are without cognitive deliberation, they are "not mind"; because they are not apart from conditions, they are "not existent"; because they are not identical with conditions, they are "not non-existent." Because they are not existent, they are "not phenomena of cause and effect"; because they are not non-existent, they are the "original source of all buddhas." Being the original source of all buddhas, they are the "root of the bodhisattvas." Because they serve as the root for cause and effect, on this account they are also the root for the assembly at this time. Therefore, sons of the Buddha first receive them, and later uphold, recite, learn, and study their meaning.