四分律行事鈔資持記 1.979

1.979

別釋中，初文，前引《四分》示同。布薩日，通含三日。問：三日隨用得否？答：世多執諍，未善祖意。若謂通得者，《業疏》那云：十四為俗說法授歸，十六為難開延未可常準。若唯執十五者，疏文那云：三皆通正，隨用開得；必用二日，七非檢勘，何非所收？二皆有妨。然疏中但恐世人常用餘日，意欲剋取十五為定，故別分之；至於有緣通用，不名非法。亦猶自恣雖通三日，鈔取十六為定；非謂餘日不得，可以相例。下引《五分》顯異。《四分》亦同。引此文者，欲取十五為常度故；疏云：前二為俗，則說法授歸；後一為道，則淨心說戒是也。

In the detailed explanation, the first passage begins by citing the Dharmaguptaka-vinaya to show agreement. The poṣadha day encompasses all three days in common. Question: May any of the three days be used at will, or not? Answer: People of the world mostly cling to disputes and have not grasped the Patriarchal Master's intent. If one asserts that any may be used universally, why does the Karma Commentary say: on the fourteenth day one preaches the Dharma and confers the refuges for the laity, and on the sixteenth day an extension is exceptionally permitted due to adversity, which cannot be taken as a constant standard? If one clings solely to the fifteenth day, why does the commentary text say: all three days are universally standard, and an exception is granted allowing them to be used at will; if one must use those two days, when checked against the seven improper forms, which of the improper forms would include it? Both [positions] present difficulties. However, in the commentary, it was merely feared that worldly people might routinely use the other days, and the intent was to fix specifically upon the fifteenth as standard, which is why they were separately distinguished; yet when conditions warrant their shared use, it is not deemed unlawful. This is just as pravāraṇā, although applicable to three days, is fixed in the Manual upon the sixteenth; this does not mean the other days are impermissible, and by analogy this may be understood. Below, the Mahīśāsaka-vinaya is cited to reveal differences. The Dharmaguptaka-vinaya is also the same. Citing this text is intended to take the fifteenth as the regular norm; hence the commentary says: the first two are for the laity, in which case one preaches the Dharma and confers the refuges; the last one is for the clergy, in which case one purifies the mind and recites the precepts.