佛說目連問戒律中五百輕重事 1.30

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問：「佛牆得持物倚不？」答：「不得。犯墮。昔有一比丘，欲入寺禮佛。有一婆羅門知相，相比丘有天子相，便語比丘言：『我有一女，嫁與比丘。』比丘言：『須我禮佛還。』比丘便持錫杖倚佛圖牆，入寺禮塔已還出，婆羅門便不復與語。比丘問：『故與我女不？』婆羅門言：『不與。』比丘問：『向言與，爾何以不與？』婆羅門言：『向見比丘有大貴相故與，今無復此相是故不與。所以爾者，消功德故。』是以佛塔及牆壁，不可持物倚。既犯戒，又消其無量功德。」

It was asked, "May one lean an object against a Buddha wall?" It was answered, "One may not. It is an offence of pātayantika. Formerly, there was a bhikṣu who wished to enter a monastery to pay homage to the Buddha. A brāhmaṇa who knew physiognomy observed that the bhikṣu had the marks of a son of heaven, and said to the bhikṣu, 'I have a daughter whom I will give in marriage to you, Bhikṣu.' The bhikṣu said, 'Wait until I return from paying homage to the Buddha.' The bhikṣu then leaned his khakkhara against the stūpa wall, entered the monastery, paid homage to the stūpa, and came out again. The brāhmaṇa would no longer speak with him. The bhikṣu asked, 'Will you still give me your daughter?' The brāhmaṇa said, 'I will not.' The bhikṣu asked, 'Earlier you said you would give her; why do you now refuse?' The brāhmaṇa said, 'Earlier I saw that you had marks of great nobility, which was why I would give her; now you no longer have these marks, which is why I refuse. The reason for this is that your merit has been eradicated.' Therefore, against a Buddha stūpa and its walls, one must not lean an object. Not only does it violate the precepts, it also eradicates one's immeasurable merit."