四分律行事鈔資持記 3.806

3.806

二中。不信少經理者，逼令歸正故；經理，謂供給營幹也。有信恣與者，必無虛費故。開將至寺者，無親可歸故。洗母不觸者，觸不開親故。父如沙彌者，養同小眾故。《唐僧傳》云：敬脫常擔母一頭，經書一頭；食時，留母樹下，入村乞食，用以充繼；又齋道紀，亦以經書佛像，老母掃帚，擔荷而行；每謂人曰：經不云乎，掃僧地如閻浮，不如佛地一掌許；親供母者，與登地菩薩齊；人或助檐者，紀曰：吾母也，非他之母；形骸之累，並吾身也；有身必苦，何得以苦勞人；所以身為苦先，幸勿相助。此乃大度，豈比常途；雖教有小違，而理歸大順；酬恩竭力，今古無之。

In the second [part]: "If they have no faith, give little care to manage [their affairs]" means compelling them to return to the correct [path]; "managing" refers to supplying and attending to affairs. "If they have faith, give freely without limit" means there will surely be no wasted expenditure. "Allowing them to be brought to the monastery" is because they have no relatives to whom they may turn. "Washing the mother without touching" is because touching does not allow an exception even for parents. "The father is treated like a śrāmaṇera" means that his maintenance is the same as that of the lesser community. The Biography of Tang Monks says: "Jingtuo constantly carried his mother at one end of a pole and scriptures at the other; at mealtime, he would leave his mother under a tree and enter a village to beg for food in order to provide for her. Moreover, the vegetarian Daowu also walked carrying on a shoulder pole scriptures, Buddha statues, his old mother, and a broom. He always said to people: 'Does not the sūtra say: Sweeping the saṃgha's ground over an area like Jambudvīpa is not as good as [sweeping] a palm's breadth of the Buddha's ground? One who personally provides for his mother is equal to a bodhisattva of the bhūmis.' When someone offered to help carry [the load], Ji said: 'She is my mother, not someone else's mother; the burden of this physical frame is also my own body. Having a body necessarily brings suffering; how could I use my suffering to trouble others? Therefore, my body takes suffering upon itself first; please do not help me.'" This is a magnificent capacity, how can it be compared to the ordinary way? Although there is a minor violation of the teaching, in principle it conforms to the great accord; exhausting one's strength to repay kindness is unprecedented throughout past and present.