四分戒本疏卷第一．第二．第三 2.15

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有主僧不處分造房戒第七　以有主故不辨尺量。與前有異。餘減大同。別緣有六。一有主。二為己作。三長六搩手。四搩手已上房。五不處分想。六房成。已下正明戒本。此戒因闡陀比丘造房斫露中神樹。俗人呵嘖。比丘舉過。佛便制戒。

The seventh precept: Building a hut that has an owner without assignment by the Saṃgha. Because it has an owner, the cubit dimensions are not distinguished. This differs from the previous precept; the remaining details are largely the same. There are six specific conditions: 1. Having an owner. 2. Building it for oneself. 3. A hut of six spans in length and four spans [in breadth] or more. 4. [Lack of assignment]. 5. The perception of it not being assigned. 6. The hut is completed. Below, the Prātimokṣa text is properly set forth. This precept was laid down because the monk Channa built a hut and cut down a sacred tree in an open space; laypeople reproached him, the monks reported the fault, and the Buddha thereupon laid down the precept.