[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [大毘盧遮那經供養次第法疏](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1797) › 1.15 # 大毘盧遮那經供養次第法疏 1.15 大毘盧遮那經供養次第法疏 1.15 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1797.1.15) 衣四：著糞掃衣、著毳衣、著納衣、畜三衣。糞掃衣者，火燒、牛嚼、鼠嚙、死人衣等。外國之人，如此等衣棄於巷野，事同糞掃，名糞掃。行者取，浣染縫治，用供身。問：何唯受此衣？三品：下，治生活販，種種邪命得衣服；中，遠離前過受僧衣、且越施衣；上，不受僧、且越，受糞。何不受僧受此衣？僧法須同斷理僧事處分作使斷事賓人，亂心廢道。何不受且越？若受且越，為衣追求，多墮邪命。又則生親著，難得出離。又得處偏親，不得處便疎，妨等化。又數得生慢，不得怨言。彼無知，不識福田應施不施，或自鄙恥生憂悔。又數往廢道，不去致恨。又憎嫉好人，讒謗良善。不欲便往。見是多過，是故不受且越施衣。何唯受糞？少事增道，離過無罪，故唯受之。言毳衣者，濕洗鳥狩細毳。行者無糞可取，得此為衣。言納衣者，朽故破弊，縫納供身，不著好衣。何者？若求好衣，生惱致罪，費功廢道。又好衣未得，道人生貪著處。又在曠野多致賊難，或至奪命。言三衣者，五條、七條、大衣。上行之流唯受此三，不畜餘衣。何者？白衣求樂，畜種種衣。外道苦行，裸形無恥。佛住中道，捨離二邊，故畜三衣。又求多衣，費功廢道，少不濟事，畜三衣。然三衣，供身事足。若營作務大小行來，著五條。為善事，著七條。化攝俗人令至敬信，須著大衣。又在屏處著五條，入眾時著七條，若入王宮聚落之所須著大衣。又調和溫暖之時著五條，寒冷之時加七條，寒苦嚴切加以大衣。故往一時正冬，以夜天寒裂，如來於彼初夜分時著五條，夜久轉寒加七條，於夜後分天寒轉盛加大衣。佛便作念：「未來世中不忍寒苦諸善男子，以此三衣足得充身。」以此多義，故畜三衣。 > The four for clothing: wearing robes of discarded rags (pāṃśukūla), wearing robes of downy fleece, wearing patched garments, and keeping \[only\] the three robes. As for robes of discarded rags: clothes burned by fire, chewed by oxen, gnawed by mice, clothes of the dead, and the like. In foreign countries, such clothes as these are discarded in alleys and wildernesses; since in matter they are the same as sweepings, they are called discarded rags. The practitioner takes them, washes, dyes, sews, and mends them, using them to cover the body. Question: Why accept only this clothing? There are three grades: in the lower, one manages a livelihood through trade and business, obtaining clothing through various forms of wrong livelihood; in the intermediate, one abandons the former faults and receives clothing from the Saṅgha or clothing offered by dānapatis; in the superior, one does not receive from the Saṅgha or dānapatis, but receives discarded rags. Why not receive from the Saṅgha, but receive this clothing? According to the rules of the Saṅgha, one must jointly handle the management of Saṅgha affairs, assign work, resolve disputes, and attend to guests, which distracts the mind and abandons the Way. Why not receive from dānapatis? If one receives from dānapatis, one pursues clothing and largely falls into wrong livelihood. Furthermore, it gives rise to intimate attachment, making departure \[from saṃsāra\] difficult. Also, toward places where one obtains them, one becomes biased and familiar, while toward places where one does not, one becomes distant, which hinders equal salvation. Furthermore, frequently obtaining them gives rise to conceit, while failing to obtain them leads to words of resentment. Those \[donors\] lack knowledge, failing to recognize fields of merit where they should give and do not, or they feel self-deprecating shame and give rise to distress and regret. Furthermore, frequent visits abandon the Way, while not going invites grudge. Moreover, they may envy good people, slandering and libeling the virtuous. One does not wish to go immediately. Seeing these many faults, one therefore does not receive clothing offered by dānapatis. Why accept only discarded rags? With few affairs, one increases in the Way; free of faults, there is no transgression; therefore one accepts only them. As for robes of downy fleece: fine down washed from damp birds and beasts. When the practitioner has no discarded rags to take, he obtains this to make a robe. As for patched garments: decayed, old, torn, and tattered, one sews and patches them to cover the body, not wearing fine clothing. Why? If one seeks fine clothing, it gives rise to afflictions and brings about transgression, wasting effort and abandoning the Way. Furthermore, before fine clothing is obtained, it is an object toward which a person of the Way gives rise to greedy attachment. Also, in the wilderness, it mostly invites the perils of bandits, even reaching the loss of life. As for the three robes: the five-strip, seven-strip, and great robe (saṃghāṭī). Those of superior practice receive only these three and do not keep other robes. Why? White-robed laity seek pleasure and keep various kinds of clothes. Heterodox ascetics practice austerities, going naked without shame. The Buddha abides in the Middle Way, renouncing both extremes; therefore he keeps the three robes. Furthermore, seeking much clothing wastes effort and abandons the Way, while too little does not meet one's needs; hence one keeps the three robes. These three robes are sufficient to sustain the body. When engaged in work or walking about in ordinary matters, one wears the five-strip. For wholesome deeds, one wears the seven-strip. To transform and gather worldly people, bringing them to utmost reverence and faith, one must wear the great robe. Also, in secluded places one wears the five-strip; when entering the assembly, one wears the seven-strip; if entering royal palaces or villages, one must wear the great robe. Furthermore, when the weather is mild and warm, one wears the five-strip; when it is cold, one adds the seven-strip; when the bitter cold is severe, one adds the great robe. Thus once in the past, right in winter, the night was bitingly cold; the Tathāgata in the first watch of the night wore the five-strip; as the night advanced and grew colder, he added the seven-strip; in the final watch of the night, when the cold became intense, he added the great robe. The Buddha then had this thought: 'In future ages, good sons who cannot endure the bitter cold will find that with these three robes, it is sufficient to supply their bodies.' 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