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Direct Explanation of the Brahma's Net Sutra (梵網經直解)

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The "Brahma Net Sutra: Direct Explanation" by the late Ming dynasty eminent monk Master Jiguang, also known as the "Jiguang Direct Explanation," is an authoritative commentary on the "Brahma Net Sutra," an important vinaya text in Chinese Buddhism. Based on Tiantai school philosophy, the author systematically elucidates the spiritual essence and key principles of practicing the Bodhisattva Precepts, covering the ten major and forty-eight minor precepts. Compiled during the Buddhist revival period of the late Ming dynasty, this work aimed to rectify precept practices and revitalize the tradition. With its insightful and straightforward commentary, it became a core reference for later studies of the "Brahma Net Sutra," holding a revered position in Buddhist vinaya studies and exerting a profound influence, especially on the propagation of the Bodhisattva Precepts.


No. 697-A梵網經直解弁言

Preface to Direct Explanation of the Brahma Net Sutra

言炎炎非夸。理空空不頑。達人信之餘。則大笑焉。人生以四大偶聚之身生。未經禍亂。不識存亡輪報之因。不發心地光明之藏。不繹諸佛菩薩修證之書。不逢大善知識登壇開示宗義。信者不槩見。而笑者接踵。固其所也。今天下荼苦蔑以加矣。流寇擾戮中原。芟刈人命如草菅然。揆所元來。豈不緣信者之乏人。而笑者之弘多乎。往見名山大剎中。高置猊座。登演三車。伐大鏞。樹寶幢。侍從儀仗。鵠立左右。儼然如古王者禮。祗承明訓。竦聽伏息。此其與功令之畫一。將毋同然。卒不見浮提之人。屠刀釋而見性。石額點而傳燈。豈有異故。則亦解法者之未繩乎法。度世者之未遑自度也。余年來薦歷兵戎。數經憂患。兵燹之慘。觸目痛心。念此火坑灰劫。何繇以甘露楊枝灑之。立躋清涼乎。會戊寅秋。三昧大師。廣集大眾說戒長干。現智身於華藏。騰應質於娑婆。於時浮屠九級。放大光明。香靄薰空。梵音動地。都人皈依投體者以萬數。薦紳先生暨諸文人名士。質疑護法以百千數。而余爰得拜於風下。西來大意拈示娓娓。隨叩洪鐘。耳聾却走。嗣是千華室結。四眾雲來。即素有非笑我法。咸相顧咋舌。無敢出聲。余以是信師之能以自度者度人。慈航寶筏具在是矣。昔大雄氏。為一切眾生開心地道。或頓或漸。罔不基命於戒定慧。今使人人立愛惟親。消除殺孼。玄夷脫劒。黃巾賣刀。菩提樹下。珠光𦦨𦦨無生。本來各有安放佛心地。黑風鬼國。悉是清淨大千。安見此五十八戒中。固不已合天人眼而並觀。齊大小乘而一致歟。吾師金䇿所駐。闡法繁殷。以夙所釋梵網經。簡閱推詳。宣揚妙義。字櫛句比。不牽技葉。顏曰直解。為信之者廣長舌也。若夫金剛寶藏。性地圓明。妙戒法門。修證源本。亦無所庸解矣。
崇禎庚辰春王穀旦之吉 河間范景文敬撰

No. 697-B 進大寶華山三代律師著述奏章

CBETA Code: X0697

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