[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) › 2.145 # 四分律刪繁補闕行事鈔 2.145 四分律刪繁補闕行事鈔 2.145 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.145](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1804.2.145) 從非親俗人乞衣戒六。《多論》：制不聽乞有四益：一令佛法增尚故，二為止諍訟故，三為滅前人不善心故，四為令眾生於正法中生信樂故。《五百問論》：昔有比丘，多乞積聚，不肯為福，又不行道，命終作一肉駱駝山，廣數十里。時世飢餓，一國之人日日取食，隨割隨生；有一他國人來見，便斫取，便大喚動地。人問其故，便言：吾本是道人，為貪財不施，負此國人物，以肉償之；我不負卿物，是故喚耳。佛告比丘，貪為大患，捨之則應比丘之法。又云：若人乞比丘物，云是好、非好；若實好言好，得物犯墮；不好言好，犯棄。若貧乏比丘，中前得將白衣沙彌入市乞錢，中後不合（應是無戒沙彌也）。具六緣成：一三衣具足（縱不具者，須乞取衣；若乞五穀，律結吉羅）。二無因緣，謂奪失三衣也。非謂迦提月中開從他乞。必是無少，交不濟冬；隨量乞衣，不得盈貯。三非親里。《五分》、《多論》：從親里乞好衣，若貧匱，若與少索多，一切吉羅。四為己乞應量衣。《十誦》、《僧祇》：乞得四肘以上犯。若自乞，使人乞，作寒暑相，若為方便說法，是等得者，皆墮；除乞漉水囊、小小補衣物、繫頭物、裹瘡衣、緣中一條、裹脚踝鞞、拭手面身巾等，皆得。若乞是物時，施主施全衣財者，得取；本有方便心，但索小者，或容得大者，犯捨。五彼與。六領受便犯。《四分》：若被賊奪衣裸形者，佛言：當以耎草、樹葉覆形，應往寺邊，若取長衣。若知友邊取。若無者，僧中問，取可分衣。若無者，問取僧衣臥具。若不與者，自開庫看，若褥敷氈被，摘解取裁作衣，出外乞。若得已應還，浣染縫治，安置本處；若不還本處，如法治。《十誦》：本處空，隨著近處。餘如〈雜法〉中。律不犯中，若奪失三衣，從非親里乞。《五分》開衣壞時得乞，通前五緣。律又云：或為他乞，他為己乞，或不求而得，若從親里乞，若同出家人乞者，一切不犯。《五分》：非法求施，施非法求，二俱犯罪。 > Precept six on begging for a robe from an unrelated layperson: The \*Sarvāstivāda-vinaya-vibhāṣā\* states: Prohibiting begging has four benefits: 1. Causing the Buddha's Dharma to increase and become exalted; 2. Stopping disputes; 3. Extinguishing the unwholesome thoughts of the other person; 4. Causing sentient beings to produce faith and joy in the true Dharma. The \*Treatise of Five Hundred Questions\* says: 'In the past, there was a bhikṣu who begged much and accumulated wealth, refused to make merit, and did not practice the path; at the end of his life, he became a mountain of flesh in the form of a camel, tens of li wide. At that time, there was a famine in the world, and the people of the whole country took it for food day after day, and it grew back as fast as it was cut. A person from another country came, saw it, and chopped off a piece, whereupon it cried out loudly, shaking the earth. People asked the reason, and it said: "I was originally a practitioner; because of greed for wealth I did not give, and became indebted to the people and things of this country, repaying them with my flesh; I am not indebted to your things, which is why I cried out."' The Buddha told the bhikṣus: 'Greed is a great disaster; abandoning it accords with the Dharma of a bhikṣu.' It also says: 'If a person asks a bhikṣu about an object, saying whether it is good or not good; if it is actually good and he says it is good, obtaining the object incurs a pāyattika; if it is not good and he says it is good, he commits a pārājika.' If a poor and destitute bhikṣu takes a white-robed śrāmaṇera into the market before noon to beg for money, he is not permitted to do so after noon (this must refer to a śrāmaṇera without precepts). It is fully established by six conditions: 1. Having a complete set of three robes (even if not complete, one must beg for a robe; if one begs for the five grains, the Vinaya establishes a duṣkṛta). 2. Having no causal conditions, which means the three robes have been seized or lost. This does not mean the allowance during the Kārtika month to beg from others. It must be that one has nothing at all and truly cannot survive the winter; one begs for robes according to measure, and must not store an excess. 3. Not a relative. The \*Pañcavargika-vinaya\* and \*Sarvāstivāda-vinaya-vibhāṣā\* say: 'Begging a fine robe from a relative, if one is impoverished, or asking for more when given less, all incur duṣkṛtas.' 4. Begging a robe of proper measure for oneself. The \*Daśādhyāya-vinaya\* and \*Mahāsāṃghika-vinaya\* say: 'Begging and obtaining four cubits or more is an offense.' If one begs oneself, sends someone to beg, acts out suffering from cold or heat, or expounds the Dharma as an expedient, obtaining it through such means all incurs pāyattika; except that begging for a water filter, small pieces of cloth for mending robes, a head-binding cloth, a wound-wrapping cloth, one strip of border cloth, ankle wrappings, or cloths for wiping hands, face, or body, are all permitted. If when begging for these items, the dānapati gives cloth material for an entire robe, one may take it; but if one originally had an expedient intention, merely asking for a small thing hoping perhaps to obtain a large one, one commits forfeiture. 5. The other person gives it. 6. Upon receiving it, one commits the offense. The \*Dharmaguptaka Vinaya\* states: 'If one's robes are stolen by bandits and one is naked, the Buddha said: One should cover the body with soft grass or tree leaves and go to the vicinity of a monastery, and take extra robes. Or take them from a friend. If there are none, ask among the saṃgha and take robes that may be distributed. If there are none, ask for and take the saṃgha's robes or bedding. If they are not given, open the storehouse oneself and look; if there are mattresses, spreads, felts, or quilts, unstitch and cut them to make robes, and go outside to beg. When obtained, one should return them, wash, dye, and sew them, and place them back in their original place; if one does not return them to their original place, deal with it according to the Dharma.' The \*Daśādhyāya-vinaya\* says: 'If the original place is empty, follow by placing them in an adjacent place.' The rest are as in the 'Miscellaneous Matters' chapter. In the Vinaya's non-offenses, if the three robes are seized or lost, begging from an unrelated person \[is allowed\]. The \*Pañcavargika-vinaya\* allows that when robes are ruined, one may beg, which applies across the preceding five conditions. The Vinaya also states: 'Either begging for another, another begging for oneself, or obtaining without seeking, or begging from a relative, or begging from a fellow monastic, in all such cases there is no offense.' The \*Pañcavargika-vinaya\* states: 'Seeking alms unlawfully, and giving to unlawful seeking, both commit an offense.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.144](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1804.2.144) - [Next: 2.146](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1804.2.146) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1804.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1804~en-mt.2.145) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (3) - [四分律](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.vinaya.other-vinayas.dharmaguptaka*zh-buddhayasas.7.13) — Classical Chinese - [四分律比丘含注戒本](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1806.1.394) — Classical Chinese - [四分戒本疏卷第一．第二．第三](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2787.2.50) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1804.2.145](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1804.2.145) · Pramāṇa