四分律刪繁補闕行事鈔 2.237

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初中，《五分》云：佛未制前，比丘各不受食。白衣訶言，我不喜見著割截壞色衣人，不受食食，是為不與取。《多論》五義故：一為斷盜竊因緣，二為作證明，三為止誹謗，四為成少欲知足，五為物生信令外道得益。昔有比丘，與外道共行，止果樹下。比丘不上樹，不搖果，又不肯就地取，並答言佛不許作。外道知佛法清淨，即隨佛出家，尋得漏盡。

In the first section, the *Pañcavargika-vinaya* states: Before the Buddha instituted this, the bhikṣus did not receive food [formally]. Laypersons reproached them, saying: 'I dislike seeing people wearing cut-and-dyed robes who eat food without having received it; this is taking what is not given.' The *Sarvāstivāda-vinaya-vibhāṣā* gives five reasons: 1. to sever conditions for theft; 2. to serve as a witness; 3. to stop slander; 4. to accomplish having few desires and knowing contentment; 5. to generate faith in beings and cause tīrthikas to gain benefit. In the past, there was a bhikṣu walking together with a tīrthika, who stopped beneath a fruit tree. The bhikṣu did not climb the tree, did not shake down the fruit, and also refused to pick them up from the ground, answering each time that the Buddha did not allow him to do so. The tīrthika realized the purity of the Buddha's Dharma, thereupon went forth following the Buddha, and soon attained the exhaustion of effluents.