佛制比丘六物圖 1.20

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初、明如法。《律》中猶通絹、布二物，若準《業疏》諸文，絹亦不許。《疏》云：「世多用絹紬者，以體由害命，亦通制約。今五天竺及諸胡僧，俱無用絹作袈裟者。」又云：「以衣為梵服，行四無量。審知行殺而故服之，義不應也。」《感通傳》中，天人讚云：「自佛法東傳，六七百年；南北律師，曾無此意。安用殺生之財，而為慈悲之服？」廣如《章服儀》明之。義淨《寄歸傳》輒責為非，蓋大慈深行，非彼所知，固其宜矣。

First, explaining what conforms to the Dharma. In the Vinaya, both silk and cloth are still permitted; but according to various passages in the Yeshu, silk is not allowed either. The Yeshu states: "That the world often uses silk and pongee is because its substance derives from harming life; it is likewise covered by the general prohibition. Nowadays, among the monks of the Five Indias and various Central Asian regions, none use silk to make the kāṣāya." It also states: "Taking the robe as the clothing of pure conduct (brahmacaryā), one practices the four immeasurables. If one clearly knows that life was killed and yet intentionally wears it, that is not justifiable in principle." In the Gantong zhuan, a deva praised, saying: "Since the Buddhadharma was transmitted to the East, for six or seven hundred years, the vinaya masters of the North and South never had this intention: why use material derived from killing living beings to make a robe of loving-kindness and compassion?" This is extensively explained as in the Zhangfu yi. Yijing in his Jigui zhuan hastily criticized this as wrong, but the profound practice of great compassion was beyond his understanding, which is only natural.