釋禪波羅蜜次第法門 2.30

2.30

The first four are the purity of mundane precepts and can also result in supramundane precepts; their meanings are fully as explained earlier and should be properly distinguished. The middle two are the purity of supramundane precepts. The last four are the purity of supramundane highest precepts. If one can receive and keep them as explained above, these are the characteristics of keeping precepts; differing from what has been explained above are the characteristics of violating. These are called the discussion of the characteristics of keeping and violating precepts in terms of shallow and deep, from the initial mind up to the Buddha fruit. Therefore a sūtra says: "Only the Buddha alone possesses pure precepts; all other persons are called precept-breakers."