釋禪波羅蜜次第法門 2.63

2.63

Answer: Commentators differ. Some say that they are not restored: just as when a torn garment is patched, although it is whole again, it is ultimately not as good as never having been torn. Some say that they are restored: just as when a soiled garment is washed clean again, it is no different from before. Some say that some are restored and some are not restored: as explained in the Vinaya, [transgressions of] the first two categories are not restored, whereas those of the latter three categories can be restored. As explained in the sūtras of the initial teaching, by performing the ritual of repentance (karman), the four parājikas are all completely restored. Now I say that it is not necessarily definitively so. One should match the previous three kinds of repentance methods with three meanings: first, the meaning of restoration; second, the meaning of surpassing the original; and third, the meaning of vastly surpassing the original.