[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) › 2.78 # 四分戒本疏卷第一．第二．第三 2.78 四分戒本疏卷第一．第二．第三 2.78 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2787.2.78) 畜長鉢過限戒第二十一　制意者。然鉢為應供之器。資身足。今過貯畜。長貪妨道。招世譏醜。累損壞不輕。是以聖制。然以物變無恒容有失奪資身。要用事不可廢。施時不受。後則難求。故開十日說淨。而畜違過。聖教過則結犯　釋名者。五分有比丘得一鉢。以佛不聽長故施他。己鉢破。佛問幾後破。答十日。因開十日。四分因請遂亦開十日。故曰畜鉢過十日戒　別有五。一先有受持鉢。二更得鉢。三如法鉢非不犯。謂具三如。四不淨施。五過十日便犯　闕緣。比說可知。已下正明戒本。此戒因六群比丘多求好鉢。居士譏嫌。比丘舉過。佛便制戒。 > The twenty-first precept: Keeping an extra bowl beyond the time limit. Regarding the intention behind the prohibition: A bowl is a vessel suitable for offerings, sufficient to sustain the body. Now, storing and keeping it beyond the limit increases greed and obstructs the Path, incurs worldly ridicule and ugliness, and its burden of detriment is not light; therefore, the holy one prohibited it. However, because the alteration of material things is impermanent, there may be loss or deprivation, and items necessary to sustain the body cannot be abandoned. If one does not accept it at the time of giving, it is difficult to seek later; therefore, an allowance of ten days is permitted to declare it permissible. Yet keeping it contrary to the limit transgresses the holy teaching, and exceeding it constitutes an offense. Regarding the explanation of the name: According to the Mahīśāsaka Vinaya, a monk obtained a bowl, and because the Buddha did not permit extra bowls, he gave it to another; his own bowl then broke, and the Buddha asked, “After how long did it break?” He replied, “Ten days.” Because of this, ten days were permitted. In the Dharmaguptaka Vinaya, on account of a request, ten days were also subsequently permitted; hence it is called the precept of keeping a bowl for more than ten days. The particular conditions are five: 1. already possessing a received and kept bowl; 2. obtaining another bowl; 3. a bowl according with the Dharma, not one that is exempt, meaning it possesses the three conformities; 4. not declaring it permissible by giving; 5. exceeding ten days immediately constitutes an offense. The deficient conditions can be understood by comparison with what was stated before. Below, the text of the precept is properly explained. This precept arose because the group of six monks sought many fine bowls; laypeople criticized them, monks reported the fault, and the Buddha established the precept. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2787.2.77) - [Next: 2.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2787.2.79) - [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.2.78) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2787.2.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2787.2.78) · Pramāṇa