四分戒本疏卷第一．第二．第三 3.87

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Precept 43: Forcibly sitting in a house having a meal. The intention of the promulgation is: In general, when lay people hold weddings or gatherings, sitting for a long time without leaving obstructs them and leads to mutual vexation and scolding; reasonably, this is inappropriate. Furthermore, leaving home is departing from defilement, whereas places that harbor passion must be guarded against and avoided; it easily corrupts one's own mind and conduct and incurs worldly ridicule and ugliness externally. For this reason it was promulgated. The specific conditions are four: 1. it is a dining household—excluding households abstaining from sexual desire and those where both take up the fast, in which cases there is no offense; 2. a private place where husband and wife usually dwell; 3. there is no fourth person present; 4. sitting in a place beyond arm's reach of the door constitutes the offense. This precept was promulgated because Udāyin caused an infraction, so the Buddha instituted the precept.