四分律刪繁補闕行事鈔 3.96

3.96

Seventh: rewarding labor according to possessing virtues. The Dharmaguptaka Vinaya has two sets of five virtues. The first five explain that the patient is difficult to nurse, yet the nurse is able to nurse him, demonstrating that the nurse's virtues are complete: first, he desires to eat what he should not eat and refuses to take medicine; second, the nurse has a devoted mind, but [the patient] does not speak truthfully; third, he does not walk when he should walk, and does not rest when he should rest; fourth, he has bodily pain and cannot endure it; fifth, he has a little capability yet will not do it, relying on others to do it, and also cannot sit quietly to calm his internal mind. The second five explain the perfection of the nurse's practice: first, he knows what food the patient can and cannot eat, and gives what is edible; second, he does not detest or loathe the patient's feces, urine, saliva, or vomit; third, he has a mind of compassion, not acting for the sake of clothing or food; fourth, he can manage broths and medicines, even until recovery or death; fifth, he can preach the Dharma to the patient, causing the patient to rejoice and his own person to increase in wholesome dharmas. If one possesses these five dharmas, one should be given the patient's robes and items; if one provided only minor care, the Buddha ruled that it is not permitted. The Pañcavargika-vinaya states that if many people nurse the sick, it is given to the one who stayed until the end. The Mahāsāṃghika-vinaya gives four types [who cannot receive]: first, doing it temporarily; second, being assigned by saṃgha rotation to nurse; third, doing it for the personal pleasure of merit; fourth, doing it through wrong livelihood; none of these are entitled to receive. If one nurses someone who dies from breaking royal law, one is also not entitled to a reward. If one wishes to benefit the patient and make him recover quickly, even down to lighting a single lamp until [the patient's] death, one should receive these items (the rest is as in the 'Protocol for Nursing the Sick').