釋氏要覽 1.352

1.352

華言別解脫言解脫者。即戒所感果也。記云。道戒名解脫者。即七支。無表思也。由斷惑得名故。若事戒名解脫者。即僧尼受戒隨對殺等事不作別別無因別別無果。故名別別解脫○毘尼母云。波羅提木叉者。最勝義。諸善之本。以戒為根。諸善得生故。

In the language of the Hua [it translates as] 'particular liberation' (biejietuo). 'Liberation' refers to the fruit brought about by the precepts. The commentary says: When the path-precepts are termed 'liberation', this refers to the non-manifest intention (avijñapti-cetanā) of the seven branches [of bodily and vocal karma], so named because of their severing of afflictions. When the phenomenal precepts are termed 'liberation', it means that when monks and nuns receive the precepts, in accordance with their confrontation with phenomena such as killing, by not committing them, each distinct act produces no cause and yields no fruit; hence it is called 'particular liberation'. The Vinayamātṛkā states: 'Prātimokṣa' is the supreme meaning, the foundation of all wholesome deeds; because all wholesome deeds arise taking the precepts as their root.