法苑珠林 16.7

16.7

述曰。若是居家白衣未受戒者。先受翻邪三歸。日別六時隨時便受。顯歸三寶。自誓不迴必得上生。若出家五眾已受得戒。但依修行。不須別受。若無戒行追空念善。亦不得生。故智度論云。我某甲盡形壽。歸依佛歸依法歸依僧（如是三說）我某甲盡形壽歸依佛竟。歸依法竟。歸依僧竟（如是三說）又處胎經。佛告彌勒偈云。

The treatise says: If one is a white-robed layperson dwelling at home who has not yet received the precepts, one should first receive the three refuges that overturn error. At each of the six periods of the day, receive them according to the time, manifestly taking refuge in the Three Jewels and vowing never to turn back; then one will surely attain rebirth above. If one is among the fivefold assembly of renouncers who have already received the precepts, merely practice according to them without needing to receive them separately. If one lacks precept practice and only idly reflects on goodness, one will also not attain rebirth. Thus the Mahāprajñāpāramitā-śāstra says: 'I, so-and-so, for the rest of my life, take refuge in the Buddha, take refuge in the Dharma, take refuge in the Saṃgha' (say this three times). 'I, so-and-so, for the rest of my life, have taken refuge in the Buddha, have taken refuge in the Dharma, have taken refuge in the Saṃgha' (say this three times). Furthermore, in the Chutai jing, the Buddha addressed Maitreya in verse, saying: