四分律行事鈔資持記 3.422

3.422

Regarding the eight matters exempted in times of famine, in the Dharmaguptaka-vinaya: the first heading previously cites the circumstances of famine. From "Buddha..." onward, it lists the eight matters. Keeping overnight indoors and cooking indoors—these two were allowed because thieves carried [the food] off. Cooking for oneself was allowed because the pure persons ate all the food. Taking food oneself is improper touch; it was allowed because on the road one saw fruit, could not find a pure person, and it was being carried off by [other] people. The four matters of the two foods and two fruits were all exempted in common with eating to sufficiency. The vinaya says: eating early in the morning (that is, the monastic meal, meaning eating the saṃgha's meal early), bringing back leftover food from the place of eating (that is, lay food, meaning that after having begged for food and eaten, one brought back what was left over); having received food, obtaining walnuts or āmrātaka fruits (that is, land fruits); and after eating, obtaining edible things in water (that is, water fruits. All four of these were allowed because, when performing the leftover food procedure with a bhikṣu, he either divided the food or ate it all up). These eight matters are eight from their circumstances, but regarding the actual matter there are only five, because the latter four types are one and the same matter.