法界次第初門 1.230

1.230

Following this, one should clarify: for lay upāsakas and upāsikās, the eight precepts for one day and one night; for novice monks (śrāmaṇera) and novice nuns (śrāmaṇerikā) who have gone forth, the ten precepts; for probationer nuns (śikṣamāṇā), the six dharmas of precepts; for fully ordained monks (bhikṣu) and nuns (bhikṣuṇī), the ten manners of receiving the precepts, the aspects of the five classes and seven gatherings; and even the ten major and forty-eight minor precepts of the bodhisattva, as well as the three thousand deportments and eighty thousand rules of conduct. In all of these, one ought to set forth the headings briefly in sequential order, discerning the Great Sage's intent in formulating precepts from coarse to fine; but as the matters become increasingly voluminous, they are detailed elsewhere. Now, wishing for the present to follow what is essential and set forth the sequence of headings for the gateways of the dharmas of meditative concentrations and wisdom, the counts of matters among these various precepts will be brought out separately according to what is essential later in the sixth fascicle.