勅修百丈清規 5.34

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受戒之後常應守護。寧有法死不無法生。如小乘四分律云。四波羅夷。十三僧伽婆尸沙。二不定。三十尼薩耆。九十波逸提。四波羅提提舍尼。一百眾學。七滅諍。大乘梵網經十重四十八輕。並須讀誦通利善知持犯開遮。但依金口聖言。莫擅隨於庸輩。如不應食（謂酒葷腥也。葱韭蒜薤園荽曰葷。諸肉味曰腥。並不應食）不非時食（如非粥飯二時皆非時食）並宜服禁。財色之禍甚於毒蛇。尤當遠離。慈念眾生猶如赤子。語言真實心口相應。讀誦大乘資發行願尸羅清淨佛法現前。皮之不存毛將安付。故經云。精進持淨戒。猶如護明珠。

After receiving the precepts, one must constantly guard and maintain them; better to die with the Dharma than to live without it. As the Hīnayāna Dharmaguptaka Vinaya says: four pārājikas, thirteen saṃghāvaśeṣas, two aniyatas, thirty niḥsargikas, ninety prāyaścittikas, four pratideśanīyas, one hundred śaikṣas, and seven adhikaraṇa-śamathas. In the Mahāyāna, the Brahmajāla Sūtra has ten grave and forty-eight minor [precepts]. All must be chanted until thoroughly mastered, clearly understanding observance, transgression, permission, and prohibition. Rely only upon the holy words from the golden mouth [of the Buddha]; do not arbitrarily follow mediocre people. As for what should not be consumed (meaning alcohol, alliums, and meat or fish; onions, leeks, garlic, scallions, and coriander are called alliums; all tastes of meat are called fishy/meaty—none should be consumed), and not eating at inappropriate times (any time other than the two meals of congee and rice is an inappropriate time)—all should be strictly observed as prohibitions. The calamity of wealth and sex is worse than poisonous snakes; one should be especially remote from them. Harbor compassionate thoughts toward sentient beings as if toward newborn infants. Let words be truthful, with mind and mouth corresponding. Chanting the Mahāyāna inspires and develops practice and vows; when the śīla is pure, the Buddha Dharma appears before one. If the skin is gone, where can the hair attach? Therefore a sūtra says: 'Diligently maintain pure precepts, just as one guards a radiant gem.'