四分律刪繁補闕行事鈔 3.237

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七阿蘭若處者。《智論》名遠離處。最近三里，能遠益善。餘諸雜行，如第六十八卷中。《四分》云：空靜處，去村五百弓。弓長四肘，用中肘量也；則一肘長一尺八寸，六尺為步，積之便有若干里也。中國僧寺，並在城外；尼寺城內。《十誦》云：繞祇桓虎吼，此寺去舍衛城南千二百步。《薩婆多》云：去村一拘盧舍（此云一鼓聲）。謂蘭若閑靜處，不令聞村中鼓聲，恐亂諸坐禪比丘。若僧衣二種蘭若，如前明。《僧祇》：阿蘭若比丘，不得輕聚落比丘；應讚言：汝聚落中住，說法教化，為法作護，覆廕我等。其聚落者不得輕練若比丘，云：汝希望名利，與禽獸同處，從朝竟日，止可數歲耳；應讚言：汝遠聚落，在閑靜處思惟，上業所崇，此乃難行之處，能於此住而息心意等。

Seventh, dwelling in an araṇya: The Mahāprajñāpāramitopadeśa calls it a place of seclusion. The closest is three li; the further, the better. Other miscellaneous practices are as found in the sixty-eighth fascicle. The Dharmaguptaka Vinaya states: "An empty and quiet place is five hundred bow-lengths away from a village. A bow is four cubits long, using the measure of a medium cubit; thus one cubit is one chi and eight cun long, and six chi make a pace; accumulating these yields a certain number of li." In the Central Kingdom (India), monasteries for monks are all outside the city, while monasteries for nuns are inside the city. The Daśādhyāya-vinaya states: "Circumambulating Jetavana, tigers roar; this monastery is one thousand two hundred paces south of the city of Śrāvastī." The Sarvāstivāda states: "It is one krośa away from a village (translated here as the sound of a drum)." This means that an araṇya is an untroubled and quiet place where the sound of drums from the village cannot be heard, for fear of disturbing the meditating bhikṣus. As for the two kinds of araṇya regarding saṃgha and clothing, they are explained as above. The Mahāsāṃghika-vinaya states: "An araṇya bhikṣu must not disparage a village bhikṣu; he should praise him, saying: 'You reside in the village, expounding the Dharma and transforming beings, acting as a protector of the Dharma and sheltering us.' A village bhikṣu must not disparage an araṇya bhikṣu, saying: 'You seek fame and gain, living among birds and beasts, from morning till night, for only a few years'; he should praise him, saying: 'Far from the village, you reflect in a peaceful and quiet place, honored by the highest practice; this is indeed a place of difficult practice, and you are able to dwell here to calm the mind.'"