[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) › [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2787~en-mt) › 3.74 # 四分戒本疏卷第一．第二．第三 3.74 English (machine translation) 3.74 - **Language:** English ### [3.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2787~en-mt.3.74) "If a bhikṣu, knowing that another bhikṣu has finished eating, \[yet\] solicits him—without the procedure for leftover food having been performed—and diligently urges him, offering him food, saying, 'Venerable, take this food,' doing so for this reason and no other, wishing to cause him to commit an offense, it is a prāyaścittika." / In this full text of the precept, there are four clauses: first, the person capable of instigating the offense; second, knowing; third, the other person having completed either of the two kinds of meals; fourth, from "without the procedure for leftover food having been performed" onward, instigating one who has eaten sufficiently and the assignment of the offense. "For this reason" clarifies the intention of the instigator. In distinguishing the characteristics, the first clause is clear. Explaining the fourth, the intention behind the instigation: because he wishes to cause the other to commit an offense, he urges him to eat. The words "and no other" mean that it is not out of an intention without offense or an intention to make an offering, and so forth. The Vinaya states: "If that person eats it, both incur a prāyaścittika. If the other person does not eat it, or if he performs the procedure and then eats it, the instigator incurs a duṣkṛta. If one takes the leftovers of a sick child wishing to cause the other to commit an offense and urges him, the instigator incurs a duṣkṛta." Because of the evil intention, he is prescribed an equal offense. The Vinaya states: "Regarding non-offense: if one urges him to perform the procedure, meaning without offense, or out of an intention to make an offering, anyone who urges him to eat is entirely without offense." - [Previous: 3.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2787~en-mt.3.73) - [Next: 3.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2787~en-mt.3.75) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2787~en-mt.3) ## Linked texts (1) - [四分戒本疏卷第一．第二．第三](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2787.3.74) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2787~en-mt.3.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2787~en-mt.3.74) · Pramāṇa