佛遺教經論疏節要 1.78

1.78

"You should maintain pure precepts" is the first exhortation, not to lose one's own essence. "Not allow them to be broken or flawed" is the second exhortation, not to abandon expedients. "They can possess good dharmas" is the third exhortation, to stay far from all faults, and constantly accumulate merits through physical, verbal, and mental karmas. "All wholesome qualities cannot arise" is the fourth exhortation, to know the many faults and perils, whereby across all times in the three karmas, no merit is produced. "Dwelling place of peace" is the fifth, revealing that within the precepts cultivated by bodhisattvas there are such gains and losses: I must abide in a peaceful place, and not abide in an unpeaceful place. This directly demonstrates and exhorts the sublime benefits of practice.