[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [梵網經述記卷第一](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2797) › 1.49 # 梵網經述記卷第一 1.49 梵網經述記卷第一 1.49 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2797.1.49) 經。而自恣意至波羅夷　釋曰。第四結罪名。問曰菩薩一念有漏戒有幾許福。答。初發菩提心菩薩一念淨戒。能勝一切二乘淨戒。何況餘者。如大般若經第五百八十六說。又滿慈子。假使世間一切有情皆成就十善業道。彼所有戒。於發無上正等覺心諸菩薩眾初發心時一菩薩戒。百分不及一。乃至鄔波尼殺曇分不及一。廣說乃至。滿慈子問舍利子言。云何菩薩有漏淨戒。唯求自利。迴向涅槃。菩薩淨戒普為度脫無量有情。迴向無上正等菩提。是故菩薩所有淨戒。能勝二乘無漏淨戒。此中勤心守護不殺之戒。如大智論十五說。為持戒故。不惜身命。以護淨戒如一須陀洹。一人生屠殺家年向成人。應當修其家業。而不肯殺。父母與刀并一口羊閉著室中而語之言。若不殺羊不令汝出得見日月光。兒自思惟言。我若殺此一羊。便當終為此業。豈為身故作此大罪。便以刀自殺。父母開門見羊在一面立。兒已命終。當自殺時即生天上。 > Sūtra: "Yet if one gives free rein to oneself..." down to: "pārājika." / Commentary: Fourth, concluding with the name of the offense. Question: How much merit does a bodhisattva's single moment of impure precept have? Answer: A bodhisattva who has initially aroused the bodhicitta, in a single moment of pure precept, surpasses all pure precepts of the two vehicles, to say nothing of the others. As stated in the 586th fascicle of the Mahāprajñāpāramitā Sūtra: 'Furthermore, Pūrṇa Maitrāyaṇīputra, suppose all sentient beings in the world were to accomplish the ten virtuous courses of action; their precepts would not equal a hundredth part, down to an aupaniṣada portion, of a single bodhisattva precept at the time of initial aspiration among the host of bodhisattvas who arouse the mind of unexcelled, perfect enlightenment', and so on in full detail, down to: 'Pūrṇa Maitrāyaṇīputra asked Śāriputra, "Why does a bodhisattva's impure pure precept \[surpass them\]? \[The two vehicles\] seek only self-benefit and dedicate it to nirvāṇa; the bodhisattva's pure precept universally delivers immeasurable sentient beings and dedicates it to unexcelled, perfect bodhi. Therefore, all the pure precepts of a bodhisattva surpass the pure, undefiled precepts of the two vehicles."' Here, one diligently guards the precept of not killing. As the fifteenth fascicle of the Mahāprajñāpāramitopadeśa says: for the sake of maintaining the precepts, one does not spare body or life in order to protect the pure precepts, like a certain srotāpanna. A person was born into a slaughterer's household; when he approached adulthood, he was expected to carry on his family's trade, but he refused to kill. His parents gave him a knife and a sheep, locked him in a room, and told him, 'If you do not kill the sheep, we will not let you out to see the light of the sun and moon.' The son thought to himself, 'If I kill this one sheep, I will be bound to this trade for life. How could I commit this great transgression for the sake of the body?' He then killed himself with the knife. When the parents opened the door, they saw the sheep standing on one side and their son already dead. At the very moment he killed himself, he was immediately reborn in the heavens. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2797.1.48) - [Next: 1.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2797.1.50) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2797.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2797~en-mt.1.49) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2797.1.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2797.1.49) · Pramāṇa