[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) › [四分律刪繁補闕行事鈔](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1804) › 1.546 # 四分律刪繁補闕行事鈔 1.546 四分律刪繁補闕行事鈔 1.546 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.546](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1804.1.546) 四受衣方法。初作衣法，後明受法。《四分》：若得未成衣，應眾僧中羯磨，差比丘令作；若得已成者，應如法受。《善見》云：若衣未成，應喚一切比丘共成。不得說道德作留難，唯除病者。不得縫作，應却刺之。所以殷勤者，此衣諸佛所讚，昔蓮華如來，一萬六千比丘圍繞共作故。諸部作衣，大有明法，今時有者，多是已成，故略不出。二明正受。應取橫疊，二尺一綴，如是五綴，置箱中，在上座前。《僧祇》：應襞疊衣，置箱中，眾華散上。二明和僧受衣。應鳴鐘集僧，即簡破夏、不安居人、犯僧殘等，如上列人，並令別坐一處，以不同受衣故；餘合受者，共坐一處。雖二處別坐，應同眾法，即須索欲問和，答云：「受迦絺那衣羯磨」上座白言：「大德僧聽！今日眾僧受功德衣。若僧時到僧忍聽：僧今和合受功德衣。白如是。」（如是白已，與一比丘，應問言：「誰能持功德衣者？」答：「某甲能持。」）應作羯磨云：「大德僧聽！若僧時到僧忍聽：僧差比丘某甲，為僧持功德衣。白如是。大德僧聽！僧差比丘某甲，為僧持功德衣。誰諸長老忍：僧差比丘某甲為僧持功德衣者，默然；誰不忍者，說。僧已忍：差比丘某甲為僧持功德衣竟。僧忍，默然故。是事如是持。」（彼從座起，禮僧足，在上座前互跪合掌，當羯磨持衣與之）「大德僧聽！此住處僧得可分衣，現前僧應分。若僧時到僧忍聽：僧持此衣與比丘某甲，此比丘當持此衣為僧受作功德衣，於此住處持。白如是。大德僧聽！此住處僧得可分衣，現前僧應分；僧今持此衣與比丘某甲，此比丘當持此衣為僧受作功德衣，於此住處持。誰諸長老忍僧持此衣與比丘某甲，此比丘當持此衣為僧受作功德衣，於此住處持者，默然；誰不忍者，說。僧已忍，持此衣與比丘某甲受作功德衣竟。僧忍，默然故。是事如是持。」彼即應起，執衣箱至上座前，互跪頂戴已，授與上座；上座亦頂戴。如是三反已，置箱上座前；左手撥除華已，右手執衣頭，置左手中二尺許；又取一疊，如是四疊，並置左手中，來上座前。上座見來，即互跪舒手，其人即右手取疊頭，授與上座；又却行一疊，付第二上座；如是却行，盡第四上座。彼付衣已，還至第二上座下間，手執衣，口云：「此衣眾僧當受作功德衣；此衣眾僧今受作功德衣；此衣眾僧已受作功德衣（三說）。」彼諸比丘應作是言：「其受者，已善受；此中所有功德，名稱屬我。」如是各各說已。答言：「爾！」即應起，至第四上座前，右手執衣，置左手中；如是四攝取已，至第五上座前，還如第一上座法；如是乃至下座已，還來上座前，執衣向僧，互跪白云：「今僧和合受功德衣竟。」 > Fourth, the procedure for receiving the robe. First is the procedure for making the robe; afterward the procedure for receiving \[it\] is clarified. The Dharmaguptaka Vinaya says: If an unfinished robe is obtained, a karman should be performed amidst the saṃgha to appoint a bhikṣu to make it; if one that is already finished is obtained, it should be received in accordance with the Dharma. The Samantapāsādikā says: If the robe is not yet finished, all the bhikṣus should be summoned to complete it together. One must not plead virtue \[or study\] to create difficulties \[and avoid it\], except for those who are sick. It must not be sewn \[with running stitches\]; one must backstitch it. The reason for such earnest diligence is that this robe was praised by all Buddhas, since of old, when Padmaprabha Tathāgata was surrounded by sixteen thousand bhikṣus, they made it together. The various schools have many explicit rules for making the robe; nowadays what one obtains is mostly already finished, so \[those rules\] are omitted and not brought out. Second, clarifying the actual receipt. One should take \[the cloth\], fold it crosswise, make a stitch every two spans, thus making five stitches, and place it in a basket in front of the sthavira. The Mahāsāṃghika-vinaya states: One should fold the robe, place it in a basket, and scatter various flowers upon it. Second, clarifying the harmonizing of the saṃgha to receive the robe. One should strike the bell to assemble the saṃgha, immediately setting aside those who broke the varṣā, those who did not observe the varṣā, those who committed a saṃghāvaśeṣa, and the others as listed above, making them all sit in a separate place because they do not participate in receiving the robe; the rest who are eligible to receive it sit together in one place. Although they sit separately in two places, they must join in the communal acts, so one must solicit their chanda and ask if they are in harmony. The reply is: 'The karman to receive the kaṭhina robe.' The sthavira makes the announcement: 'Let the venerable saṃgha listen! Today the saṃgha receives the robe of merit. If the time has arrived for the saṃgha, and the saṃgha gives its permission: the saṃgha now in harmony receives the robe of merit. Such is the announcement.' (Having made this announcement, giving it to a bhikṣu, one should ask: 'Who is able to hold the robe of merit?' The reply: 'So-and-so is able to hold it.') One should perform the karman, saying: 'Let the venerable saṃgha listen! If the time has arrived for the saṃgha, and the saṃgha gives its permission: the saṃgha appoints Bhikṣu So-and-so to hold the robe of merit for the saṃgha. Such is the announcement. Let the venerable saṃgha listen! The saṃgha appoints Bhikṣu So-and-so to hold the robe of merit for the saṃgha. Whichever elders approve the appointment of Bhikṣu So-and-so by the saṃgha to hold the robe of merit for the saṃgha, remain silent; whoever does not approve, speak! The saṃgha has approved: the appointment of Bhikṣu So-and-so to hold the robe of merit for the saṃgha is concluded. The saṃgha approves, because of silence. Thus is this matter maintained.' (He rises from his seat, bows at the feet of the saṃgha, kneels on one knee with palms joined before the sthavira, and \[the saṃgha\] should perform the karman to give the robe to him:) 'Let the venerable saṃgha listen! The saṃgha of this dwelling has obtained divisible robes; the saṃgha present ought to divide them. If the time has arrived for the saṃgha, and the saṃgha gives its permission: the saṃgha gives this robe to Bhikṣu So-and-so; this bhikṣu shall hold this robe for the saṃgha, receive and make the robe of merit, and hold it in this dwelling. Such is the announcement. Let the venerable saṃgha listen! The saṃgha of this dwelling has obtained divisible robes; the saṃgha present ought to divide them. The saṃgha now gives this robe to Bhikṣu So-and-so; this bhikṣu shall hold this robe for the saṃgha, receive and make the robe of merit, and hold it in this dwelling. Whichever elders approve the saṃgha giving this robe to Bhikṣu So-and-so, and this bhikṣu holding this robe for the saṃgha to receive and make the robe of merit and hold it in this dwelling, remain silent; whoever does not approve, speak! The saṃgha has approved, giving this robe to Bhikṣu So-and-so to receive and make the robe of merit is concluded. The saṃgha approves, because of silence. Thus is this matter maintained.' He should then arise, hold the robe basket, proceed before the sthavira, kneel on one knee, place it upon his head, and present it to the sthavira; the sthavira also places it upon his head. Having done this three times, he sets the basket before the sthavira; after sweeping away the flowers with his left hand, he holds the end of the robe with his right hand, placing about two feet of it in his left hand; he takes another fold, and so with four folds, holding them all in his left hand, he comes before the sthavira. When the sthavira sees him coming, he kneels on one knee and stretches out his hands, and the person takes the end of the fold with his right hand and presents it to the sthavira; then stepping back one fold, he entrusts it to the second sthavira; thus stepping back, through to the fourth sthavira. Having entrusted the robes, he returns to the space below the second sthavira, holds the robe in hand, and says aloud: 'This robe the saṃgha shall receive to make the robe of merit; this robe the saṃgha now receives to make the robe of merit; this robe the saṃgha has received to make the robe of merit (spoken three times).' Those bhikṣus should say: 'He who has received it has received it well; all the merits and renown herein belong to us.' When each has spoken thus, they reply: 'Indeed!' He should then arise, go before the fourth sthavira, hold the robe with his right hand, and place it in his left hand; having thus gathered the four folds, he goes before the fifth sthavira, proceeding as with the first sthavira; thus progressing down to the junior seats, he returns before the sthavira, holds the robe facing the saṃgha, kneels on one knee, and announces: 'Now the saṃgha in harmony has concluded receiving the robe of merit.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.545](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1804.1.545) - [Next: 1.547](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1804.1.547) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1804.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1804~en-mt.1.546) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [羯磨](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.vinaya.sastra.karmavacana*zh-tandi.1.180) — Classical Chinese - [曇無德律部雜羯磨](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.vinaya.sastra.dharmaguptakakarmavacana*zh-sanghavarman-wei.1.164) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1804.1.546](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1804.1.546) · Pramāṇa