釋禪波羅蜜次第法門 2.66

2.66

答曰：無戒者，當更受戒。或有因懺發戒，此如《普賢觀經》中所說。復次，若菩薩戒者，眾生世世以來，或已遇善知識，發菩提心，受菩薩戒，但於生死中顛倒造罪，妄失違犯，因今歸依三寶，重更練之，兼復懺悔清淨，用此本戒，亦發禪定。是故雖無事戒，菩提本戒或已有之。復次，如《摩訶衍論》說：「尸羅，秦言好善，好行善道，不自放逸，是名尸羅。或受戒行善，或不受戒行善，皆名尸羅。」若不受戒行善名尸羅者，既有尸羅，豈不得發諸禪三昧耶？

Answer: Those without precepts should receive the precepts again. Or, there are those who arouse the precepts through repentance, as stated in the Sūtra on the Contemplation of Samantabhadra. Furthermore, regarding the bodhisattva precepts: sentient beings, throughout life after life, may have already encountered good spiritual friends, aroused the bodhicitta, and received the bodhisattva precepts, but in the midst of saṃsāra, being inverted, they created sins and lost or violated them. Now, because they take refuge in the Three Jewels, temper them again, and additionally purify them through repentance, by means of these original precepts, dhyāna-concentration will also arise. Therefore, although they lack the precepts of specific rules, they may already possess the original bodhi precepts. Furthermore, as the Mahāyāna Treatise states: "Śīla in the language of Qin means 'delighting in good.' To delight in practicing the good path and not be indolent oneself is called śīla. Whether one receives the precepts and practices the good, or does not receive the precepts and practices the good, both are called śīla." If practicing the good without receiving the precepts is called śīla, then since one already has śīla, how could one not attain the arousal of the various dhyānas and samādhis?