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(The Buddha said: "If five qualities are fulfilled, one should be given the robes and belongings of the sick person; thus one knows that if they are not complete, one does not obtain the reward: First, knowing what the sick person may or may not eat, and giving what may be eaten; second, not loathing or disdaining the sick person's feces, urine, spit, or vomit; third, having a mind of loving-kindness and compassion, not acting for robes and food; fourth, being able to manage medicine and broths, up to recovery or death; fifth, being able to expound the Dharma to the sick person, so that one's own self increases in wholesome dharmas." The Mahāsāṃghika-vinaya states: "There are four kinds: acting temporarily, acting by saṃgha assignment, acting for the personal joy of merit, or acting out of wrong livelihood—none of these is eligible for the reward. If it is for the sake of benefiting the sick person, wishing to make him recover quickly, even if one only lights a single lamp, and [the sick person] meets his end, then one obtains this property." The Mahīśāsaka-vinaya states: "When many people nurse the sick, give it to the one who saw it through to the end." The Vinaya states: "One should give the robes he had received and maintained. If [the nurse] is not knowledgeable, one should evaluate his nursing thoroughly: if he nursed well, give the upper three robes; according to intermediate or inferior nursing, give robes accordingly." The Daśādhyāya-vinaya states: "If he lacks faith, give the six items of medium quality." The Mahīśāsaka-vinaya and the Daśādhyāya-vinaya state: "If a bhikṣu is sick, the two classes [of monastics] are eligible to receive; if a bhikṣuṇī is sick, the three classes receive." The Mātṛkā states: "If a white-robed layperson nurses the sick, he should be given a small amount; the same applies to the three classes of nuns." The Daśādhyāya-vinaya states: "If the nurse went out on behalf of the sick person to beg for robes and medicine, [his share] may be retained, waiting for his return to give it to him." The Mahīśāsaka-vinaya states: "If the nurse is from outside the boundary, reward him in accordance with the Dharma.")