尸羅

(尸羅, 尸罗)

Sila, [lang id =1028]尸; [lang id =1028]尸怛羅 intp. by [lang id =1028]清凉 pure and cool, i.e. chaste; also by [lang id =1028]戒 restraint, or keeping the commandments; also by [lang id =1028]性善 of good disposition. It is the second pāramitā, moral purity, i. e. of thought, word, and deed. The four conditions of śīla are chaste, calm, quiet, extinguished, i. e. no longer perturbed by the passions. Also, perhaps śīla, a stone, i. e. a precious stone, pearl, or coral. For the ten śīlas or commandments v. [lang id =1028]十戒, the first five, or pañca-śīla [lang id =1028]五戒, are for all Buddhists.

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◆梵語尸羅， 華言止得。 謂能止惡、 得善也。 又名戒， 戒以防止為義， 以能防止身口意諸不善業故也。 ◆梵語尸羅， 華言性善。 謂好行善道， 不自放逸， 此據義而譯也。 正翻止得， 謂止惡得善也。 又翻為戒， 謂戒能防止身口所作之惡也。

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華譯為清涼或戒， 言三業過惡， 其性熱惱， 惟戒能防息其熾燃焚燒之勢。