集沙門不應拜俗等事 4.19

4.19

Second: Recently we see that officials who receive imperial edicts do not bow to the Royal Preceptor; this is not because the preceptor looks down on others, but because they revere the royal instructions. The renunciant saṃgha dye their robes and shave their hair, displaying a form different from worldly folk. They uphold the Buddha's decree and accumulate blessings for the state. If ruler and father pay homage, they do not bow to their physical bodies; the monks, for the sake of the Dharma robe, do not bow to the ruler and father.