法苑珠林 89.104

89.104

如大乘菩薩戒有三種。謂前三聚淨戒是也。此戒受已謂與心俱。心無後際故戒不失。又善戒經云。有二因緣失菩薩戒。一退菩薩心。二得增上惡心。離是二緣乃至捨身他世地獄畜生。終不失戒。後若更受不名新得。名為開示瑩淨故長也。

Regarding the Mahāyāna bodhisattva precepts, there are three types, namely the aforementioned three clusters of pure precepts. Once these precepts are received, they are said to coexist with the mind; because the mind has no future boundary, the precepts are never lost. Furthermore, the Bodhisattva-śīla-sūtra states: 'There are two conditions for losing the bodhisattva precepts: first, falling back from the bodhisattva mind; second, developing an overwhelming evil mind. Apart from these two conditions, even upon relinquishing the body and being born in another world—even in hells or as beasts—one ultimately does not lose the precepts. If one receives them again later, it is not called obtaining them anew; it is called revealing and polishing them, and thus they endure.'