緇門警訓 3.26

3.26

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.