四分比丘戒本疏 2.15

2.15

Seventh: the precept against accepting robes beyond knowing contentment. The text has five clauses: first, allowing for the perpetrator; second, encountering the condition of having lost robes; third, "an unrelated layperson, because of the loss of robes, spontaneously offers robes and bids the monk to take as many as are sufficient"—meaning that when invited up to three times, one should know it to be sufficient. If they are related, there is no offence, hence it says "unrelated." Fourth, "that monk should accept robes knowing contentment": this means accepting after measuring. Thus the Vinaya says: "If one has lost one robe, one should not accept. If one has lost two robes, and of the remaining one robe it is double, triple, or quadruple-layered, one should pluck it apart to make a saṃghāṭī, uttarāsaṅga, and antarvāsaka. If all three robes are lost, one should accept knowing contentment." The Commentary states: "This means that if one robe is lost, one is definitely not permitted to accept, because the two robes are sufficient for use when going out and remaining in. If two robes are lost, according to the Vinaya's intention, one is likewise not permitted to accept: if the remaining one robe is double-layered, plucking it apart makes two robes, so one is lacking only one robe, the sense of which is identical to losing one; clearly one is not permitted to accept. If it is triple-layered, plucking it apart makes three robes, and plainly one does not accept. Only when all three are lost may one accept three according to the offering, so as to nurture faith and respect." If judged according to the Samantapāsādikā, when all three robes are lost, one is only permitted to accept two, and the remaining one must be sought elsewhere. The intention of the Dharmaguptaka-vinaya here is not the same as that. Fifth: specifying the offence of accepting in excess.