經律異相 20.21

20.21

罽賓三藏比丘。阿蘭若法。至一王寺。設大會。守門人見其衣服麁弊遮門不前。如是數數。以衣服弊故每不得前。便作方便。假借好衣而來。門家不禁。既至會坐。得種種好食。先以與衣。眾人問言。何以爾也。答言。我比丘數來每不得入。今以衣故得在此坐。得種種好食。故先與衣（出大智論第四卷）。

A Tripiṭaka monk of Kaśmīra who practiced the āraṇyaka rules went to a royal monastery where a great assembly was being held. The gatekeeper, seeing his coarse and ragged robes, barred the gate and would not let him proceed. This happened repeatedly; because of his shabby robes, he could never enter. He then devised an expedient: he borrowed fine robes and came back. The gatekeeper did not forbid him. Once he arrived and sat in the assembly, he received all kinds of delicious food, which he first offered to his robes. The people asked him, “Why do you do this?” He replied, “I, a monk, came many times and was repeatedly denied entry. Now, solely on account of these robes, I am able to sit here and receive all kinds of delicious food. Therefore, I first give it to the robes” (extracted from the fourth fascicle of the Mahāprajñāpāramitopadeśa).