四分律行事鈔資持記 3.709

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次科，《五分》。開借僧物。《僧祇》。開僧作務。且據無能，必有能者，但可指授。輿合作舁，共擡物也。文中，但簡對舁；恐謂得為造食，故注決之。一避觸煮，二為乖儀。《四分》。明離過。引本緣起，以規後世。為未來者，或恐過奢，招世譏謗；或恐末世福尠，不堪銷故。

In the next heading, the Mahīśāsaka-vinaya permits borrowing saṃgha property. The Mahāsāṃghika-vinaya permits the saṃgha to perform manual tasks. This provision tentatively assumes the donor lacks capability; if someone is capable, the monks should only instruct and guide them. '輿' ('cart/palanquin') should properly be written '舁' ('carrying together'), meaning carrying an object jointly. In the text, it merely excludes carrying objects jointly; fearing people might think monks could cook food for the donor, the interlinear note decides against it: first, to avoid touching what is being cooked; second, because it violates decorum. The Dharmaguptaka-vinaya explains avoiding fault. It cites the original origin story to serve as a model for future generations. The concern for future times was either fear of excessive extravagance inviting worldly censure and slander, or fear that people in the final age would possess little merit and be unable to assimilate it.