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大比丘三千威儀 2.103

大比丘三千威儀 2.103

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Classical Chinese

2.103

昔佛在此時,眾被服唯純直,不衣雜白。自後起比丘羅旬踰,每行分衛輒飢空還,佛知其宿罪,欲視殃福示後世明戒故,眾僧分為五部,著五色袈裟,於是遂相承制。直至佛度世後,立號稱名舉取長名其被色。

Formerly, when the Buddha was in the world, the assembly's clothing was purely uniform and did not wear mixed secular attire. Later arose the bhikṣu Raśmisena (?), who, whenever he went for piṇḍapāta, always returned hungry and empty-handed. The Buddha, knowing his past sins and wishing to show retribution and merit to display a clear precept for future generations, divided the saṅgha into five schools to wear kāṣāyas of five colors, and thereupon they handed down this system one after another. Straight down until after the Buddha passed away, titles and names were established, adopting long-standing names and the colors of their robes.

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