[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) › 3.85 # 四分戒本疏卷第一．第二．第三 3.85 四分戒本疏卷第一．第二．第三 3.85 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2787.3.85) 先受前請後食至他家不囑戒第四十二　三過故制。一者凡俗里多務為善事難。惙其家業專崇福。會已許受請行。詣他家脫若事差。惱處不輕。二既有食處。宜息緣修道。無事遊散妨廢所習。三共眾受請皆入聚落。令他施主見僧不集。竟不設供。稽留大眾。使不得飽滿。惱眾殊深。故聖禁制　別緣有五。一先受他請以不受。故佛開不囑入村。二食前後。三不囑授。四向白衣家。除詣伽藍。又除病作衣等緣。五入門犯。已下正明戒本。此戒因跋難陀故令僧食時不得食好菓。故制斯戒。 > Precept 42: Having previously accepted an invitation, visiting another family before or after the meal without notifying \[another bhikṣu\]. Promulgated because of three faults: First, ordinary householders in the village have many affairs, and doing a good deed is difficult; they suspend their family duties and focus on honouring the merit; having already accepted their invitation, if one goes off to another house and an unexpected mishap occurs, the resulting annoyance is not light. Second, since there is already a place to eat, one ought to quiet worldly entanglements and cultivate the Way; wandering about aimlessly hinders and neglects one's practice. Third, when invited together with the Saṅgha, entering the village causes the donor to see that the monks have not assembled, so the offering is not served in the end, detaining the community and preventing them from eating their fill, which annoys the community profoundly. Hence the Sage prohibited it. The specific conditions are five: 1. having previously accepted another's invitation—since if not accepted, the Buddha permitted entering the village without notifying; 2. before or after the meal; 3. not notifying; 4. going to a layperson's house—except for going to a monastery, or for reasons of illness, making robes, etc.; 5. an offense is committed upon entering the door. Below, the precept text itself is clarified. This precept was instituted because of Upananda, who prevented the Saṅgha from eating good fruit at mealtime; hence this precept was promulgated. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2787.3.84) - [Next: 3.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2787.3.86) - [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.3.85) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2787.3.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2787.3.85) · Pramāṇa