大般涅槃經義記 3.150

3.150

下合第四智人能別，於中四句：一教審問「八不淨物，佛聽畜不」。二彼若言聽，更教審問「如是之人得共布薩羯磨以不」。三彼若言得，復教受經以驗其說。「如是問已，皆言八事如來悉聽」，舉彼邪答。下教撿驗。「祇洹比丘或言金銀佛所聽畜」，舉昔邪言，「或言不聽」，舉昔正語。「有言聽者」牒前邪人，「是不聽者」牒前正人，「不與共」等明正擯邪，「不與共住說戒自恣」明法不同，「乃至不共一河飲」等明事不同。「汝等云何言佛聽畜」以昔徵今。四教其呵勸，「佛天中天雖復受之，汝等眾僧亦不應畜」對上初答勸自不受，佛為利他故得受之，眾僧自為故不應畜。「若有受」下對上後答，明有受者不應共同，先勸不同。「若共說」下明同有損，先法、後喻。

Below, it applies the fourth, wise people being able to distinguish, in which there are four clauses: First, it instructs to examine carefully: "Does the Buddha permit keeping the eight impure things or not?" Second, if they say he permits it, it further instructs to examine carefully: "May such persons participate in the poṣadha and karman together or not?" Third, if they say they may, it further instructs to receive the scriptures to test their words. "Having asked thus, all said that the Tathāgata permits all eight things," which cites their false answer. Below, it instructs them to investigate and verify. "The monks of Jetavana partly said that the Buddha permitted keeping gold and silver," which cites the past false speech; "partly said he did not permit it," which cites the past correct speech. "Those who said he permitted it" refers back to the earlier false people; "those who said he did not permit it" refers back to the earlier correct people. "Did not... together with them" and so forth clarifies that the correct expelled the false; "did not dwell together, recite the precepts, or perform pavāraṇā" clarifies that their dharmas were not identical; "even to the point of not drinking from the same river" and so forth clarifies that their practices were not identical. "Why do you say the Buddha permits keeping them?" questions the present by means of the past. Fourth, it instructs them to rebuke and exhort them: "Although the Buddha, the Deva among Devas, accepted them, you monks still ought not keep them," which, in response to their first answer above, exhorts them not to accept them themselves; the Buddha could accept them for the sake of benefiting others, but the monks ought not keep them because they do so for themselves. From "if there are those who accept" onward, in response to their later answer above, it clarifies that toward those who accept them, one ought not associate with them, first exhorting them not to join with them. From "if they recite together" onward, it clarifies that joining with them brings harm, first in terms of dharma and then by a simile.