持犯

'maintaining and transgressing', i. e. keeping the commandments by [lang id =1028]止持 ceasing to do wrong and [lang id =1028]作持 doing what is right, e. g. worship, the monastic life, etc.; transgression is also of two kinds, i. e. [lang id =1028]作犯 positive in doing evil and [lang id =1028]止犯 negative in not doing good.

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持戒與犯戒。 持戒就是持戒律； 犯戒就是犯了戒律。