[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [緇門警訓](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2023) › 8.37 # 緇門警訓 8.37 緇門警訓 8.37 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [8.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2023.8.37) 吾有坐具。裁量有據。其色相則一類袈裟。其物體則兩重疎布。長四廣三。壞新楪故。彼形之大者。可用開增吾身之小兮。從初制度好大惡小。但責他非反制為開。焉知自誤。嘗聞比丘身者五分之塔也。尼師壇者四方之基也。是則道者所資。豈宜身之為護。安禪講法敷之莫失於威儀。入聚遊方持之勿離於跬步。不然諸律有違制刑科。一生無如法坐處。 > I have a niṣīdana, its dimensions made according to measure: its color and appearance belong to the category of kāṣāya, its material substance is two layers of coarse cloth. Four \[spans\] in length, three in width, cutting the new to patch the old. For those of large stature, dispensations allow an increase; for my small body, I follow the original regulation. Loving the large and disliking the small, merely blaming others' errors, turning regulations into dispensations—how do they know they deceive themselves? I have heard that a bhikṣu's body is a stūpa of the five parts \[of the dharmakāya\], and the niṣīdana is its four-cornered foundation. Thus it is that which aids a person of the Way; how could it be merely for protecting the body? In seated meditation or preaching the Dharma, spread it without losing deportment; when entering settlements or wandering afar, carry it without parting by half a step. Otherwise, violating the various Vinayas will incur penalties, and for a whole lifetime there will be no place to sit in accordance with the Dharma. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 8.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2023.8.36) - [Next: 8.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2023.8.38) - [Up: 8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2023.8) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2023~en-mt.8.37) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2023.8.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2023.8.37) · Pramāṇa