[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [四分律行事鈔資持記](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1805) › 3.485 # 四分律行事鈔資持記 3.485 四分律行事鈔資持記 3.485 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.485](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1805.3.485) 題中鉢是梵言，器即華語。鉢則局收器皿，器則名通眾具。具云鉢多羅，此翻應器；準下加法云應量受，則是應量之器，對法為名。（有取三如釋者亦通，但無據耳。）準《章服儀》云：堪受供者用之，名為應器，此即對人為目；或處說云量腹而食，故云應器，即對食為名。上二字總所攝之物，下二字即能攝之教。物雖眾多，二教攝盡；一鉢制持，有違結罪；眾具聽畜，方堪受用，故約二教通收一切。註中五行者，即金木水火土總四事之體。調度謂調養具度，即眾物之通名。 > In the title, \*pātra\* is a Sanskrit word, while \*qì\* (vessel) is Chinese terminology. \*Pātra\* specifically subsumes bowls and dishes, whereas \*qì\* is a general name for diverse requisites. Fully, it is called \*pātra\*, which is translated here as "requisite vessel" (or "responsive vessel"); according to the formula of determination below, which says "receive according to measure," it is a vessel of proper measure, named in reference to the norm. (Some take the explanation of the "three conformities," which is also admissible, but lacks textual warrant.) According to the \*Rules for Robes and Manners\*, it says: "Those who are worthy of receiving offerings use it, hence it is called the 'responsive vessel'"; this designates it in reference to the person. Alternatively, it is said in some places that one eats according to the capacity of one's stomach, hence it is called "responsive vessel," which names it in reference to food. The upper two characters \[\*bō qì\*, "bowls and vessels"\] subsume all the objects involved, while the lower two characters \[\*zhì mén\*, "prohibitive section" / \*shì piān\*, "explication chapter"\] indicate the teaching that encompasses them. Although the objects are numerous, the two teachings subsume them entirely: the single bowl is prohibited and maintained \[by command\], and violating it incurs an offense; the diverse requisites are permitted to be kept so that one is able to use them. Thus, relying on the two teachings, everything is universally encompassed. As for the "five phases" in the note, they are metal, wood, water, fire, and earth, which constitute the substance of the four requisites. "Provisions" refers to requisites for nourishment and regulation; it is a general name for the diverse requisites. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.484](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1805.3.484) - [Next: 3.486](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1805.3.486) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1805.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1805~en-mt.3.485) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [佛制比丘六物圖](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1900.1.82) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1805.3.485](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1805.3.485) · Pramāṇa