四分戒本疏卷第一．第二．第三 2.88

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"If a bhikṣu first gives a robe to a bhikṣu, and later, due to anger, either personally snatches it back or instructs someone to snatch it back, saying, 'Give me my robe back, I will not give it to you,' that [other bhikṣu] should return the robe, and if he takes it, it is a niḥsargika-prāyaścittika." / This complete text has three clauses: first, the offending person; second, previously giving the robe; third, snatching it with a subsequent mind, which defines the offense. The first clause is obvious. In the second clause, originally intending to travel together, he gave the robe; later, when the other was unwilling, he consequently plundered it; therefore it says, "first gives a robe to a bhikṣu." In the third clause on snatching, the Vinaya states: if with an angry mind one personally snatches it and instructs someone to snatch it and conceals it, one commits an offense—meaning snatching it face to face when present. If one snatches it but does not conceal it, it is a duṣkṛta; the matter not yet being divided and the formulation not yet fulfilled, only upon concealing it does one commit the offense. If it is placed on a tree, on a hanger, on a bed, or in other places of deposit or detached places, it incurs a duṣkṛta. Therefore the prātimokṣa text states: "if he takes the robe, it is a niḥsargika-prāyaścittika." The procedure for forfeiture and confession is as explained in the Vinaya. Regarding non-offenses, the Vinaya states: without anger, saying, "I regret it and will not give it; return my robe to me"—if his mind regrets it, one may immediately return the robe; if another person says, "This bhikṣu wishes to regret it, return his robe to him"; if borrowing another's robe to wear, and he takes it back without reasonable justification, it is not an offense; if out of fear of loss or damage; if the person has broken the precepts, broken views, or broken deportment; if subject to suspension, expulsion, or due to be expelled; if on account of this matter there is a danger to life or brahmacarya—in all such cases, if one does not snatch and take it and does not conceal and store it, none of these is an offense.