緇門警訓 4.14

4.14

資持云。十誦中律制比丘。五夏已前專精律部。若達持犯辦比丘事。然後乃可學習經論。今越次而學行既失序。入道無由。大聖呵責終非徒爾。又彼律云。佛見諸比丘不學毘尼。遂讚嘆毘尼面前贊嘆。波離持律第一。後諸上座長老比丘從波離學律也。今持纔霑戒品。便乃聽教參禪。為僧行儀一無所曉。況復輕陵戒檢毀呰毘尼。貶學律為小乘。忽持戒為執相。於是荒迷塵俗肆恣兇頑嗜杯臠。自謂通方。行婬怒言稱達道。未窮聖旨錯解真乘。且戒必可輕。汝何登壇而受。律必可毀汝何削髮染衣。是則輕戒全是自輕。毀律還成自毀。妄情易習至道難聞。拔俗超群萬中無一。請詳聖訓能無從乎。

The Zichi [ji] states: "In the Sarvāstivāda Vinaya, the monastic rule requires that before a bhikṣu reaches five summer retreats, he should specialize exclusively in the Vinaya section. Only if he understands upholding and infraction and manages the affairs of a bhikṣu may he afterward study the sūtras and treatises. Nowadays, they study out of sequence, and since practice has lost its proper order, there is no way to enter the Way. The Great Sage's reprimand was never in vain! Furthermore, that Vinaya states: 'When the Buddha saw that the bhikṣus were not studying the Vinaya, he praised the Vinaya and openly praised Upāli as foremost in upholding the Vinaya. Later, the senior sthavira bhikṣus all learned the Vinaya from Upāli.' Nowadays, as soon as they have barely received the precept rank, they immediately listen to doctrines and engage in Chan inquiry, completely ignorant of the deportment and rules of a monk. What is more, they slight the precept standards and slander the Vinaya, disparaging the study of the Vinaya as Hīnayāna and disregarding the upholding of precepts as clinging to marks. Thereupon, they run wild in the dust of the world, indulging in unrestrained arrogance and cruelty, addiction to wine and meat, declaring themselves to be free of attachments. Committing lust and speaking with wrath, they claim to have attained the Way. Failing to fathom the Sage's intent, they misunderstand the True Vehicle. Moreover, if the precepts must be despised, why did you mount the platform to receive them? If the Vinaya must be reviled, why did you shave your hair and dye your robes? Thus, despising the precepts is entirely despising yourself; reviling the Vinaya turns out to be reviling yourself. Delusive feelings are easily habitualized, but the Supreme Way is difficult to hear. Those who surpass the worldly and transcend the crowd are not one in ten thousand. I ask you to examine the Sage's instructions closely: can you fail to comply with them?"