四部律并論要用抄 2.14

2.14

Text on adjudicating property in the third and fourth fascicles of the ninth recitation of the Daśādhyāya-vinaya: Question: 'Can a monk give a robe to the saṃgha, take it back himself, and obtain great merit without offense?' Answer: 'There was a monk dwelling alone in a place. There he gave a robe to the saṃgha. Other monks came, and he took it himself for his own use. The venerable one had meritorious virtue and was without offense.' (The master of the Daśādhyāya-vinaya explains: 'This means that he generated giving to the saṃgha, and then received back himself the given property; because he took it by performing the legal procedure, he gained immeasurable merit.') Question: 'If a caregiver of the sick leaves the sīmā on behalf of a sick person, and after he leaves the sick person dies, should he be given a share from the sick person?' Answer: 'In some cases he should be given it, and in some cases he should not be given it. One who should be given it: if he went out genuinely for the sake of the illness, he should be given it; if he went out for other matters, he should not be given it.' Question: 'Who is called a caregiver of the sick?' Answer: 'If one can watch over and treat a sick person until he recovers or dies, giving him medicine according to the illness and food according to the illness, fully providing offerings, staying close to assist him, benefiting him to keep him free from all deterioration, with nothing lacking in what he does—such a person is called a caregiver of the sick.' Question: 'If a white-robed [layman] acts as a caregiver of the sick, should he be given property of the sick person?' Answer: 'He should not be given it.' Question: 'If a nun acts as an attending caregiver of the sick, should she be given a share of the property?' Answer: 'She should not be given it.' Question: 'If a novice acts as a caregiver of the sick, how should he be given a share?' Answer: 'He should be given [a share] equal to a fully ordained monk.'