量處輕重儀 2.28

2.28

Regarding the single item above, the proper Vinaya only explains leather shoes of one color, and does not explain the others. According to the rulings of the Mahāsāṃghika and Mahīśāsaka, leather sandals and pouches enter into distribution. If there is already cured leather, then following the Sarvāstivāda, straps of leather sandals, leather boots, deer-leather, cured leather, and leather for wrapping the toes should be distributed. If there is raw hide, by principle it is subsumed under heavy property. However, in this Divine Continent (China), these are not worn at all; in Lingbiao and Jiannan they are occasionally worn, whereas in the various South Sea countries and the Five Indias, both monastics and laity regularly wear them. Their shape is like this: square folded clogs, additionally fitted with a heel and completely lacking side loops, mostly made of leather. If judged by analogy with boots and shoes, their distribution is also permitted in principle. Among boots, shoes, slippers, and sandals, there are sometimes those embroidered with the Three Terraces, dragons and phoenixes, or interwoven with variegated threads; if they are not of a plain color, they should be classified as heavy property. Furthermore, there are flat-toed boots and pointed boots, on which the Vinaya has no direct ruling; however, in the Mahīśāsaka, boots with shafts that are too high are ridiculed by the world, and by principle should not be trodden upon by those who cherish the Way. Flat-toed boots differ from the secular and may be classified as light property; pointed ones entirely contradict the Way and by standard are classified as heavy property. If we follow the Indian phula, its shape is like leather boots, split open in front, overlapping and tied on the left and right when walking; if flat and pointed boots resemble this, they are both classified as light property by standard. Other varieties with short shafts and raised toes should also be judged the same as shoes and sandals.