勅修百丈清規 5.34

5.34

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.'