[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) › [四分戒本疏卷第一．第二．第三](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2787) › 2.54 # 四分戒本疏卷第一．第二．第三 2.54 四分戒本疏卷第一．第二．第三 2.54 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2787.2.54) 若比丘居士居士婦為比丘辦衣價買如是衣與某甲比丘是比丘先不受自恣請到居士家作如是言善哉居士為買如是衣與我為好故若得衣者尼薩耆波逸提　此滿足戒文有四句。一犯人。二施衣限定。三是比丘不嫌少勸增。四若得衣下得而結罪。上二句可知。第三為比丘至與我好故已來。明嫌少勸增義。衣價者。若錢若瓔珞等是。居士問比丘。須何等衣。佛聽索不如者。今乃居士為辯絹衣。若勸買紬即犯。故十誦云。勸增色亦犯。此戒為施心有限嫌少更求。乃至增一錢十六分之一分。若增縷亦犯。多論勵增色量價三捨墮。言得衣尼薩耆波逸提者。是第四結罪句。捨懺還不還義如上辯。不犯中。律云。先受自恣而往求知足。於求中減少作。若從親里求。若出家人求。或為他求。若求自得不犯。 > "If a bhikṣu, when a householder or a householder's wife prepares the price of a robe for the bhikṣu, \[intending to\] buy such a robe and give it to bhikṣu so-and-so; and this bhikṣu, without previously having received an open invitation, goes to the householder's home and speaks thus: 'Excellent, householder! Please buy such a robe for me, so that it will be good \[quality\]'; if he obtains the robe, it is a niḥsargika-prāyaścittika." This complete precept has four clauses: 1. The offender; 2. The limitation of the robe donation; 3. 'This bhikṣu', down to not disdaining it as too little and encouraging them to increase it; 4. 'If he obtains the robe', down to the conclusion of the offense upon acquisition. The first two clauses can be understood. The third clause, from 'for the bhikṣu' up to 'for me so that it will be good', clarifies the meaning of disdaining it as too little and encouraging them to increase it. 'The price of a robe' refers to money, necklaces, or the like. If a householder asks a bhikṣu, "What kind of robe do you need?", the Buddha permitted asking for something of lesser quality. Now, if the householder has prepared silk cloth and one encourages them to buy coarse pongee silk, one commits an offense. Thus the Sarvāstivāda Vinaya says that encouraging an increase in color also constitutes an offense. This precept is formulated because the donor's intention was limited, yet one disdained it as too little and sought more, even by an increase of a sixteenth of a coin; or if one increases the thread, it is also an offense. The Sarvāstivāda-vinaya-vibhāṣā states that urging an increase in color, size, or price—these three are niḥsargika-prāyaścittika. The phrase 'obtains the robe, it is a niḥsargika-prāyaścittika' is the fourth clause concluding the offense. The meanings of forfeiture, confession, and returning or not returning are explained as above. Regarding non-offenses, the Vinaya says: if one has previously received an open invitation and goes to seek within the limits of contentment; if, within what was sought, one makes it less; if one seeks from relatives; if one seeks from renunciants; or if one seeks for another; or if one's seeking is spontaneously obtained, there is no offense. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2787.2.53) - [Next: 2.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2787.2.55) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2787.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2787~en-mt.2.54) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (4) - [四分律](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.vinaya.other-vinayas.dharmaguptaka*zh-buddhayasas.7.26) — Classical Chinese - [四分律刪繁補闕行事鈔](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1804.2.147) — Classical Chinese - [四分律比丘戒本](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.vinaya.pratimoksa.dharmaguptaka*zh-buddhayasas.1.52) — Classical Chinese - [四分僧戒本](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.vinaya.sastra.dharmaguptakapratimoksasutra*zh-buddhayasas.1.35) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2787.2.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2787.2.54) · Pramāṇa