緇門警訓 3.26

3.26

又云。雖談眾典。然於毘尼最所留意。故篇聚云。世尊處世深達物機。凡所施為必以威儀為主。是也。又經通餘人所說。律唯金口親宣。大權影響但知祇奉。況餘小聖安敢措詞。又復諸經說有時限。律則通於始終義。鈔云。始於鹿苑終至鶴林。隨根制戒。乃有萬差等。具斯三意永異餘經。偏弘之言想無味矣。

It also says: Although he spoke the various scriptures, he paid the greatest attention to the vinaya. Therefore the Pianju says: 'The Bhagavat, dwelling in the world, deeply penetrated the capacities of beings; whatever he did, he always took deportment as primary'—this is it. Furthermore, sūtras may be spoken by other persons, but the vinaya is personally proclaimed only from the golden mouth. Great beings of provisional manifestation who act in response merely know to receive it with reverence; how could other lesser sages dare to put forth words? Furthermore, the various sūtras were spoken with temporal limitations, whereas the vinaya extends throughout the beginning and end. The Yichao says: 'Beginning at the Deer Park and ending at the Crane Grove, enacting precepts according to capacities, there are myriad differences,' and so forth. Possessing these three meanings, it differs forever from other sūtras. The statement that he 'specially propagated' it is surely not without substance.