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English version Question: 'If the Sangha (community of monks) is eating, and (someone) favors the Sthavira (senior monk), does the Sthavira get to eat?' Answer: 'If the Sthavira accepts out of greed, he commits a Pattaniya (an offense entailing expiation).' Question: 'If a Bhiksu (monk) is not sick but claims to be suffering in order to solicit good food, what offense does he commit after receiving the food?' Answer: 'He commits a Parajika (defeat, expulsion from the Sangha).' Question: 'What offense is committed by accepting food without wearing the Tricivara (three robes)?' Answer: 'He commits a Pattaniya (an offense entailing expiation).' Question: 'If a Danapati (donor) invites only two or three monks, is it necessary to announce it to the Sangha?' Answer: 'It is necessary to announce it.' Question: 'When a senior Bhiksu is distributing items during a Karma (formal act of the Sangha), and a Bhiksuni (nun) comes within the boundary, should she receive a share?' Answer: 'She should receive a share.' Question: 'If someone leaves an item to be donated to the Sangha in a certain place, and after the item arrives, another Bhiksu comes to that place and is present during the distribution, should he receive a share?' Answer: 'He should receive a share if the Ghandi (gong) is struck. If the Ghandi is not struck, he should not receive a share.' Question: 'If a woman offers an item to a Bhiksu while he is walking, is he allowed to accept it?' Answer: 'If she is a relative or someone he knows, he is allowed to accept it.' Question: 'If a Bhiksuni offers an item to a Bhiksu while he is walking, is he allowed to accept it?' Answer: 'If she is offering it to the Sangha, he is allowed to accept it. If she is not offering it to the Sangha, he is not allowed to accept it, and he commits a Pattaniya (an offense entailing expiation).' Question: 'If rice is offered to the Sangha, and after the Sangha leaves, can the host use the rice to offer to a later Sangha? Are the later Sangha allowed to eat it?' Answer: 'They are allowed to eat it if the Ghandi (gong) is struck. If they eat it without striking the Ghandi, they commit a Nissaggiya Pacittiya (an offense entailing forfeiture and expiation) for each full meal.' Question: 'If offerings are received on the eighth day of the fourth month (Buddha's Birthday), and by the fifteenth day of the seventh month (Ullambana Festival), the original Sangha has left, and the monastery abbot takes the offerings and gives them to a later Sangha, what offense do the later Sangha commit if they take these offerings?' Answer: 'If the Ghandi (gong) is struck and the present Sangha distributes them together, there is no offense. If they distribute them without striking the Ghandi, they commit theft.' Question: 'If a layperson has leftover offerings, and the original monk has left, and (the layperson) wants to give these items to a later monk, is the later monk allowed to accept them?' Answer: 'He should ask the owner if the original monk will return. If they say that he will never return, then he can accept them after reciting a blessing. If they say that he might return, he is not allowed to accept them. If he takes them while (the original monk) is alive, he commits a Nissaggiya Pacittiya (an offense entailing forfeiture and expiation). If he takes them knowing that (the original monk) has died, he commits a Nissaggiya Pacittiya (an offense entailing forfeiture and expiation). Because these are the Sangha's items.' Question: --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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“比丘治生得物，施比丘衣食。得衣食不？”答：“取衣犯舍堕。若穷厄无食处，彼使白衣作，可食。治生道人若白众言：‘此物非我物，是使人物。’若尔可食。若主不白，众食犯堕。二三人亦可白。若道人施使人，使人言：‘是我物。’此可食。” 问：“比丘得出物不？”答：“不得，犯舍堕。” 问：“长受百日请，中间得受他一食二食不？”答：“施主听，得。不听，不得。” 问：“乞食长，得与人不？”答：“先无贪心取，长得施众生。若无众生，举着树头，有众生啖好。若无众生，明日还自受水取食，不得弃之，以信施至重故。所以还得自取者，以更无主故，如郁单越取食法。” 问：“比丘食，或舍一口饭吐之，取一揣饭弃之。犯事不？”答：“犯堕。” 问：“主人殷勤，得长受请不？”答：“若其处得行道，无众难、无乏短，得往。” 问：“主人请食，得遣人代不？”答：“若主人意无在，得。若主人慊代，去者犯堕。” 问：“鬼子母食可食不？”答：“咒愿然后可食。” 问：“主人施比丘牛马奴供食直，得取不？”答：“得取用，不得卖。唯一切凶器仗皆不得受。” 问：“人自出物供斋，斋竟去。余物，后僧来得食不？” 现代汉语译本 问：‘比丘（bhikkhu，佛教出家男众）从事生产获得财物，用来供养比丘（bhikkhu）衣食，可以接受这些衣食吗？’答：‘接受衣服就触犯舍堕（nissaggiya pacittiya，一种戒律）。如果处境困窘，没有食物来源，可以让信徒（白衣）去做，这样获得的食物可以食用。从事生产的修行人如果当着大众声明：‘这些东西不是我的，是信徒的。’这样就可以食用。如果主人没有声明，大众食用就触犯堕罪。两三个人也可以声明。如果修行人布施给使者，使者说：‘这是我的东西。’这样就可以食用。’ 问：‘比丘（bhikkhu）可以自己获得财物吗？’答：‘不可以，触犯舍堕（nissaggiya pacittiya）。’ 问：‘接受一百天的邀请，中间可以接受其他人的一次或两次供养吗？’答：‘如果施主允许，就可以。不允许，就不可以。’ 问：‘长期乞食的比丘（bhikkhu），可以把乞来的食物分给别人吗？’答：‘如果一开始没有贪心，长期乞食获得的食物可以布施给众生。如果没有众生，可以放在树上，让众生食用。如果没有众生，第二天还可以自己用水洗净后食用，不可以丢弃，因为信徒的布施非常重要。之所以还可以自己取用，是因为没有其他主人，就像郁单越（Uttarakuru，北俱卢洲，传说中的乐土）取食的方法一样。’ 问：‘比丘（bhikkhu）吃饭时，或者吐出一口饭，或者丢掉一团饭，触犯戒律吗？’答：‘触犯堕罪。’ 问：‘如果主人非常殷勤，可以长期接受邀请吗？’答：‘如果那个地方可以修行，没有大众的干扰、没有物资的缺乏，就可以去。’ 问：‘主人邀请吃饭，可以派人代替去吗？’答：‘如果主人不在意，就可以。如果主人不高兴有人代替，去的人就触犯堕罪。’ 问：‘鬼子母（Hariti，佛教护法神）的食物可以食用吗？’答：‘诵咒加持后才可以食用。’ 问：‘主人布施给比丘（bhikkhu）牛、马、奴仆来折算食物的价值，可以接受吗？’答：‘可以接受使用，但不可以卖掉。只有一切凶器和武器都不能接受。’ 问：‘有人自己拿出财物供养斋饭，斋饭结束后离开。剩余的食物，后来来的僧人可以食用吗？’
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English version Question: 'If a bhikkhu (Buddhist monk) earns possessions and uses them to provide clothing and food for bhikkhus, is it permissible to accept these clothes and food?' Answer: 'Accepting clothes constitutes an offense requiring expiation (nissaggiya pacittiya). If in dire straits with no food source, one may have a layperson (white-clad) prepare food, which can then be consumed. If the ascetic engaged in production declares to the assembly: 'These items are not mine, but belong to the layperson,' then it is permissible to eat. If the owner does not declare this, the assembly's consumption constitutes an offense. Two or three individuals may also make the declaration. If the ascetic gives to a messenger, and the messenger says: 'These are mine,' then it is permissible to eat.' Question: 'Is it permissible for a bhikkhu to acquire possessions?' Answer: 'No, it constitutes an offense requiring expiation (nissaggiya pacittiya).' Question: 'Having accepted a hundred-day invitation, is it permissible to accept one or two meals from others in between?' Answer: 'If the donor permits, it is permissible. If not, it is not permissible.' Question: 'Having engaged in long-term alms-seeking, is it permissible to give the food to others?' Answer: 'If one initially took it without greed, the food obtained from long-term alms-seeking may be given to sentient beings. If there are no sentient beings, it may be placed in a tree for sentient beings to consume. If there are no sentient beings, one may wash it with water and consume it oneself the next day, and it must not be discarded, because the donor's offering is of great importance. The reason one may still take it oneself is because there is no other owner, like the method of obtaining food in Uttarakuru (a mythical northern continent of pleasure).' Question: 'If a bhikkhu, while eating, spits out a mouthful of rice or discards a lump of rice, does it constitute an offense?' Answer: 'It constitutes an offense requiring expiation.' Question: 'If the host is very attentive, is it permissible to accept a long-term invitation?' Answer: 'If that place is conducive to practice, without disturbances from the assembly, and without lack of resources, it is permissible to go.' Question: 'Having been invited for a meal, is it permissible to send someone in one's place?' Answer: 'If the host does not mind, it is permissible. If the host is displeased with the substitution, the one who goes in place commits an offense requiring expiation.' Question: 'Is the food of Hariti (a protective deity) permissible to eat?' Answer: 'It is permissible to eat after reciting a mantra and making a blessing.' Question: 'If the host offers cows, horses, or servants to a bhikkhu to offset the value of food, is it permissible to accept?' Answer: 'It is permissible to accept for use, but not to sell. Only all kinds of weapons and implements of violence are not to be accepted.' Question: 'If someone offers food for a vegetarian feast (斋饭) and leaves after the feast, is it permissible for monks who arrive later to eat the remaining food?' -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 答：“打揵椎得食，不打椎犯盗。”
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问：“比丘共槃食他分，犯何事？”答：“若问听，无罪。不听食，取犯堕。若不问，亦犯堕。所以不犯盗者，以共仰手受故。” 问：“比丘乞，前人问是好比丘非？答是得物，犯何事？”答：“实好言好，犯堕。不好言好，犯弃。” 问：“比丘一切长物施人，言：‘我后须，还自取。’得尔不？”答：“得与可信者，然后更语一人：‘我物施与某比丘。’若取还语，不得辄取。” 问疾病事品第九 问：“比丘病时得离钵食不？”答：“重病得，小小轻者皆不得。” 问：“比丘疾病，三衣不持，犯何事？”答：“大困无所识知得，有觉知不得。” 问：“看病人不语病者，私用钱与他病人作衣食汤药。犯何事？”答：“若用五钱犯弃。若后语病者，病者欢喜，不犯。若病者瞋慊，不偿亦犯弃。” 问：“为病故，主人日供一百钱。五十便足，余者得与余病人作食药不？”答：“病者自与便得。” 问：“病比丘无人看，比丘得与作食不？”答：“山泽无人处，日中不得往还，得作七日。先净薪米受取得作。” 问：“病人须酒一二升下药，可与不？”答：“若师言必差，听和药服，不得空服。” 现代汉语译本 答：‘打揵椎（一种敲击的工具）才能得到食物，不打揵椎就会犯盗戒。’ 问：‘比丘（佛教出家男众）一起分享食物，分到他人的那份，会犯什么戒？’答：‘如果询问并得到允许，就没有罪。未经允许就食用，触犯堕罪（Pācittiya）。如果不询问就食用，也触犯堕罪。之所以不构成盗戒，是因为大家都是仰仗布施而接受食物。’ 问：‘比丘乞食时，前面的人问他是好的比丘吗？回答说是，如果因此得到物品，会犯什么戒？’答：‘如果确实是好的比丘，回答说是，触犯堕罪。如果不是好的比丘，回答说是，触犯舍堕（Nissaggiya Pācittiya）。’ 问：‘比丘将所有长期使用的物品施舍给他人，说：“我以后需要时，再拿回来。”可以这样做吗？’答：‘可以给予可信任的人，然后还要告诉另一个人：“我的物品施舍给了某位比丘。”如果想要取回，需要先告知，不能擅自取回。’ 问：疾病事品第九 问：‘比丘生病时可以不使用钵进食吗？’答：‘重病可以，轻微的疾病都不可以。’ 问：‘比丘生病，不持有三衣（Tricīvara），会犯什么戒？’答：‘在极度困顿、失去意识的情况下可以，有意识的情况下不可以。’ 问：‘照顾病人的人不告诉病人，私自用钱给其他病人做衣服、食物、汤药，会犯什么戒？’答：‘如果花费超过五钱，触犯舍堕。如果之后告诉病人，病人感到高兴，就不犯戒。如果病人感到生气不满，不赔偿也触犯舍堕。’ 问：‘因为生病，主人每天供给一百钱。五十钱就足够了，剩余的钱可以给其他病人做食物或药物吗？’答：‘如果病人自己给予，就可以。’ 问：‘生病的比丘没有人照顾，其他比丘可以为他做食物吗？’答：‘在山泽等偏远无人之处，且不在中午往返，可以做七天的食物。需要先准备干净的柴火和米，接受后再做。’ 问：‘病人需要一两升酒来下药，可以给吗？’答：‘如果医生说一定能治好病，可以允许将酒和药混合服用，不能直接饮用。’