四分律行事鈔資持記 2.1201

2.1201

In explaining the exceptions: the Mahīśāsaka-vinaya does not specify non-Buddhists; "beggars" is a general term, hence it is cited here. The next two occurrences of the character "beg" (乞) are both pronounced in the falling tone. The texts of both the Daśādhyāya-vinaya and the Sarvāstivāda Vinaya Vibhāṣā grant exceptions, but provided it is not with one's own hand, they agree with our school. "Those of nihilistic views" refers to non-Buddhists of evil emptiness, or those abiding in wrong views without right view. The text abbreviates the non-offenses; according to the vinaya, there are five: first, if abandoning it and placing it on the ground to give; second, if ordering someone to give; third, if giving to parents (meaning those abiding as non-Buddhists; the Mahāsāṃghika-vinaya does not permit this); fourth, giving to workers in separate rooms of the stūpa, calculating it as payment for food; fifth, if it is forcibly taken away by superior strength.