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標 題: 從三聚淨戒論菩薩戒的時空效應{28}
發信站: 獅子吼站 (Sat Aug 17 20:58:03 1996)
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On the Adaptation to Time and Space of
the Bodhisattva Precept-- from the Perspective
of “Three Cumulative Pure Precepts”
Ven. Sheng-yen
Founder, Chung-Hwa Institute of Buddhist Studies
Summary
The Bodhisattva Precept is the `pratimoksa`
precept beyond `Sravakayana` Precept. It is
stipulated for the bodhisattva in Mahayana Buddhism.
The `Sravakayana` Precept includes Three Refuges,
Five Precepts, Eight Precepts, Ten Precepts and Full
Precepts. The lay Buddhists can receive only the
former three kinds of precept while the sangha up to
the fifth. The Bodhisattva Precept doesn't belong to
`Sravakayana` Precept. Accordingly, the laity can
also receive the Bodhisattva Precept. The
Bodhisattva Precept can encompass the `Sravakayana`
Precept. So, the Mahayana Buddhist sangha should
receive it.
The Bodhisattva Precept takes the meditation
on emptiness as its focus, the purification of mind
as its objective and the arousing of ultimate
bodhi-citta as basis. Therefore, the Bodhisattva
Precept can not only encompass all Buddha dharmas
but also control complicated matters with simple
principles. The Three Cumulative Pure Precepts can
be said having three phases: 1. The precept of
regulating behaviour, 2. The precept of doing
goodness, and 3. The precept of saving the sentient
beings. In other words, the three Cumulative Pure
Precepts have three functions, i.e. not doing evil,
doing goodness and benefitting the sentient beings.
Contents of the Three Cumulative Pure Precepts
originated in the `Agama Sutras`. After the
fermentation of several Mahayana sutras such as
`Prajna Sutra` , `Mahaparinirvana Sutra` ,
`Avatamsaka-maha-vaipulya Sutra` , `Vimalakirti
Sutra`, etc., it was culminated in the `Yogacarya
bhumi Sastra` which mentions the code of light and
heavy precepts as well as the rituals of transmitting
precepts and making repentance. Again through the
propagation of the Strung Gems Sutra and the
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Brahman's Net Sutra, the Bodhisattva Precept has
become very popular in China, Korea and Japan.
The requirement of the Three Cumulative Pure
Precepts can be either simple or complex, either
hard to receive and hard to observe or easy to
receive and easy to observe. Its contents can be
performed in either tight or loose way. Therefore it
can adapt to the needs of time and space and thus
operate freely. If it is applied to laity, it will
become laity precept. If it is applied to sangha, it
will become sangha precept. If it can be observed at
a higher level, it will become a precepts of higher
level. If cannot be observed at a higher level, it
will become a precept lower level.
If we can hold the basic principles of the
Three Cumulative Precepts such as the Three Refuges,
the Five Precepts, the Ten Virtues, the Ten Heavy
Prohibitive Precepts, etc., we may freely apply it
in the long and vast time and space with great ease.
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