[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [釋禪波羅蜜次第法門](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1916) › 2.23 # 釋禪波羅蜜次第法門 2.23 釋禪波羅蜜次第法門 2.23 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1916.2.23) 一者、若約小乘，七眾發心，受戒作法不同，故得戒亦有優劣，如優婆塞、優婆夷，在家有五戒相。若本未入佛法男子、女人，不殺父害母，不作逆罪，遇好良師，教歸依三寶，為受五戒。作法成就，即五戒無作起，名得五戒，從此名清信士、女。復次，明沙彌有十戒相。若和尚、阿闍梨二師如法受人清淨歸依三寶，隨佛出家，若二師作法成就，即發無作，名得沙彌戒。次明大僧有戒相。若作沙彌時不犯重過，清淨十師和尚、阿闍梨作羯磨，如法成就，是名得大比丘具足戒。若沙彌尼、式叉摩尼、大戒尼有戒相亦爾。七人本雖犯重，若遇良緣，謂作大乘方等懺悔，得相成就，後受戒亦得無作善發。異於上說，名不得戒，亦名無戒。 > First, according to the Hīnayāna, the seven assemblies generate their minds and the liturgical procedures for receiving precepts differ, so the precepts obtained also have superior and inferior \[grades\]. For example, for upāsakas and upāsikās, there are the aspects of the five precepts for householders. If a man or woman who has not previously entered the Buddha's Dharma has not killed their father or harmed their mother, nor committed the rebellious sins, encounters a good teacher who instructs them to take refuge in the Three Jewels and receives the five precepts for them, and when the liturgical procedure is completed, the unmanifest \[essence\] of the five precepts arises, this is called obtaining the five precepts; from this point on, they are called pure faithful men and women. Next, explaining that novices have the aspect of the ten precepts: if the two masters—the preceptor and the ācārya—duly have the person take pure refuge in the Three Jewels to go forth following the Buddha, and the two masters complete the liturgical procedure, then the unmanifest \[essence\] is generated, which is called obtaining the novice precepts. Next, explaining the aspects of having precepts for the fully ordained monks: if while being a novice one has not committed grave offenses, and ten pure masters—the preceptor and ācāryas—perform the karmavācanā, completing it in accordance with the Dharma, this is called obtaining the full precepts of a great bhikṣu. The aspects of having precepts for novice nuns, śikṣamāṇās, and fully ordained bhikṣuṇīs are also like this. Even if these seven kinds of persons had originally committed grave offenses, if they meet with good conditions—meaning performing the Mahāyāna Fangdeng repentance—and the signs of attainment are completed, then upon receiving the precepts later they will also generate the unmanifest good. Anything differing from what has been explained above is called not obtaining the precepts, and is also called lacking precepts. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1916.2.22) - [Next: 2.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1916.2.24) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1916.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1916~en-mt.2.23) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1916.2.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1916.2.23) · Pramāṇa