貞元新定釋教目錄 22.10

22.10

夫戒者。防患之總名也。菩薩淨戒唯禁於心。聲聞律儀則防身語故有託緣興過聚徒訶結。菩薩大人都無此事。佛直為說令使遵行。既無犯制之由。故闕訶結之事。諸大乘經明學處者。摭之於此為菩薩調伏藏云。

Now, precepts are a general name for guarding against transgressions. The pure precepts of a bodhisattva restrain only the mind, whereas the moral discipline (vinaya) of the śrāvaka guards against physical and verbal actions; hence offenses arise dependent on circumstances, and assemblies of disciples are gathered to rebuke and enact rules. For the great bodhisattva beings, there are no such things at all. The Buddha directly expounds them so that they are made to follow them. Since there are no occasions of violating regulations, there are accordingly no matters of rebuking and formulating rules. The sections in various Mahāyāna sūtras that explain the training rules are excerpted here to form the Bodhisattva Vinaya Piṭaka.