从三聚净戒论菩萨戒的时空效应{28}

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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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