釋禪波羅蜜次第法門 2.27

2.27

一、持相者，持者，護持。如上所說七種之人受佛禁戒，為十利故，護持無犯。十利者，如毘尼中說：「一、攝僧故；二、極好攝故；三、僧安樂住故；四、折伏高心人故；五、慚愧得安樂住故；六、不信令信故；七、已信增長信故；八、遮今世漏故；九、斷後世惡故；十、令梵行人久住故。」行者一心敬慎，不敢侵毀，如護浮囊，微塵不棄，故名護持，亦名秉持，如持油鉢之喻，是名持相。

1. Regarding the characteristics of keeping: "keeping" means guarding and maintaining. As explained above, the seven kinds of persons receive the Buddha's prohibitive precepts and, for the sake of the ten benefits, guard and maintain them without violating them. The ten benefits, as explained in the Vinaya, are: "1. for gathering the saṅgha; 2. for exceedingly well gathering [the saṅgha]; 3. for the saṅgha to dwell in comfort; 4. for subduing haughty persons; 5. for the conscientious to dwell in comfort; 6. to bring faith to the unbelieving; 7. to increase the faith of those who already believe; 8. to ward off taints in the present life; 9. to sever evil in future lives; 10. to make the pure practitioners dwell long." The practitioner single-mindedly reveres and guards them, not daring to violate or damage them, just as one protects a floating bladder without discarding even a speck of dust; therefore it is called guarding and maintaining, and also called upholding, like the analogy of holding a bowl of oil. These are the characteristics of keeping.