佛說目連問戒律中五百輕重事 1.276

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問：「比丘得躑過小水小坑不？」答：「不得，犯墮。昔有一優婆塞，請一比丘欲與作一領好衣。比丘即隨去，中道有一小水，比丘便躑度。此優婆塞便嫌心念：『我謂是好比丘，欲與一領好衣，而更趒躑溝坑。我歸當與半領衣。』此是無著人，即其人念，前行見水復故躑過。賢者復念：『我歸當與一張麁㲲。』前行見水復躑過，賢者復念：『我歸當與一頓食。』無著復知其念，前行見水便舉衣涉渡。賢者問比丘：『何以不躑渡？』比丘言：『卿前與我一領衣已，一躑過水正得半領，復一躑正得一張麁㲲，復一躑正得一頓食。我今所不躑者，恐復失食。』賢者乃知是得道人，便向懺悔，將歸大供養。以此驗之知，比丘不得躑過坑水。」

Question: "May a bhikṣu leap across a small stream or a small ditch?" Answer: "He may not; it is an offence of pātayantika. Formerly, an upāsaka invited a bhikṣu, wishing to make him a fine robe. The bhikṣu then went along with him. Halfway there, there was a small stream, and the bhikṣu leaped across it. This upāsaka felt disdain and thought to himself: 'I thought he was a good bhikṣu and wanted to give him a fine robe, yet he hops and leaps over ditches. When I return, I shall give him only half a robe.' This [bhikṣu] was an unattached person (an arhat); knowing the man's thought, as they went forward and saw water, he deliberately leaped across it again. The worthy man again thought: 'When I return, I shall give him a piece of coarse cotton cloth.' Going forward, seeing water, he leaped across again. The worthy man again thought: 'When I return, I shall give him just a single meal.' The unattached person again knew his thought; going forward and seeing water, he simply lifted his robes and waded across. The worthy man asked the bhikṣu: 'Why did you not leap across?' The bhikṣu said: 'Previously you gave me a full robe; with one leap across the water I had only half a robe left; with another leap, only a piece of coarse cloth; with yet another leap, only a single meal. The reason I do not leap now is for fear that I would lose even the meal.' The worthy man only then realized that he was one who had attained the path; he repented before him, took him back, and made great offerings. By this test one knows: a bhikṣu may not leap across ditches and water."