[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) › 3.79 # 四分戒本疏卷第一．第二．第三 3.79 四分戒本疏卷第一．第二．第三 3.79 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2787.3.79) 不受食戒第三十九　多論云。五義故制。不聽自取食。一為斷盜竊因緣故。二為作證明故。從非人受食得成受不成證明。謂在曠野非人之所為是開聽。若在人中非畜無知小兒悉不成受。三為正誹謗故。四為成少欲知足故。五為生他信敬心故。為令外道得益故爾　別緣具四。一是食。二不受。三知不受四食即犯。已下正明戒本。此戒因頭陀乞食比丘塚間自取食之。居士共嫌。比丘舉過。佛便制戒。 > Precept 39: Eating Food Not Received. The Sarvāstivāda-vinaya-vibhāṣā states: "For five reasons it was instituted that one is not permitted to take food oneself. First, to cut off the conditions for stealing. Second, to provide witness; receiving food from a non-human constitutes reception but does not constitute witness—that is, in the wilderness, \[food provided\] by non-humans is permitted; if among humans, what comes from non-humans, animals, or senseless small children does not constitute reception. Third, to rectify slander. Fourth, to bring about having few desires and knowing contentment. Fifth, to give rise to faith and respect in others; it is so in order to benefit non-Buddhists." / There are four specific conditions: first, it is food; second, it has not been received; third, knowing it has not been received; fourth, eating it immediately constitutes an offense. Below, the text of the precept is properly explained. This precept arose because a bhikṣu who practiced dhūta and begged for food took food by himself in a cemetery and ate it. Householders collectively disparaged him, and bhikṣus brought up the fault; the Buddha thereupon instituted the precept. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2787.3.78) - [Next: 3.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2787.3.80) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2787.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2787~en-mt.3.79) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2787.3.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2787.3.79) · Pramāṇa