四分律刪繁補闕行事鈔 3.55

3.55

The Vinaya states: One must not keep skins of lions, tigers, leopards, otters, wild foxes, or other impure and repulsive skins. Moreover, one must not sit on high, broad beds, nor sit alone on corded couches, wooden couches, or ivory couches covered with horse-skins, elephant-skins, brocade cushions, multi-colored bedding, or woollen rugs; nor may one sit if they are padded with otter-fur mattresses and the like. Only when in a layperson's house with no other couch or mattress available to sit upon is it permitted, precious [bejewelled] couches excepted. One must not beg for raw hides. If a well-rope breaks, it is permitted to use leather to make a cord; if a door-cord breaks, it is permitted to make it with leather; if a door-pivot does not turn or is broken, it is permitted to repair and wrap it with leather. If one uses leather to make waistbands, dhyāna-straps, or leather utensils, none of these are permitted. Making canopies or curtains is not permitted; if one suffers from heat while travelling on the road, one may use a robe as a cover and screen. The Three Thousand [Rules] says: One should keep a good assistant, which refers to the dhyāna-strap. It is one chi wide and eight chi long, with a hook at the end, triple-layered, and made of softened leather; the remaining rules are as stated there; one should put it on in a private, secluded place. In cold and snowy regions where socks are needed, one is permitted to solicit and make them from unrelated laypeople, but they must not be used for other purposes. The Vinayamātṛkā states: In cold places, it is permitted to wear lay footwear. The Pañcavargika-vinaya states: If the boot-leg is made too high, it is permitted up to the level of the ankle; for a bhikṣu to make boots in the manner of lay boots is not permitted; if other countries wear sandals, shoes, or whatever else they wear, they may wear them as they wish. The Vinayamātṛkā says: The reason why one removes shoes when circumambulating the Buddha is that it gives rise to criticism from laypeople, who would say it arises from arrogance. The Five Hundred Questions says: Clean and pure boots, slippers, and shoes may be worn when making prostrations. The Pañcavargika-vinaya states: When receiving new shoes, have a kappiyakāraka wear them for seven paces. The Dharmaguptaka-vinaya states: For the sake of protecting the body, protecting the robes, and protecting the bedding, one is permitted to wear single-soled leather shoes inside the monastery. If they are torn, patch them with tree bark or leather, and sew them with thread made of sinew, hair, or leather. If one obtains raw hide, one is permitted to soften and cure it oneself, or have someone soften it, and cut it into single-soled leather shoes; one must not wear them when entering a village. In the text, because removing leather shoes and baring the right shoulder while on the road or in a village caused disruption, the Buddha said: If there is taking or giving, act according to the time. (By this, entering a village without taking off leather shoes or baring the shoulder is permitted, as explicitly attested by the text.) Moreover, one must not use variegated leather, nor use silk or cloth to make shoe straps or weave the borders. Using blue-green, yellow, red, white, and so forth to make leather shoes is entirely improper; if one obtains brocade-colored leather shoes, one is permitted to keep them after spoiling the color. Making shoes out of miscanthus reeds and the like is also not permitted. Inside the monastery, one is permitted to wear cattail shoes; if they tear, attach leather to the sole. One must not keep four kinds of precious clogs; wooden clogs are permitted only as clogs for going to the privy for defecation and urination, and clogs for washing the feet; apart from these, no clogs of any kind may be kept.