示敬護法
Reverence and Protection of the Dharma
事鈔又云。十誦護三衣如自皮。鉢如眼目。乃至云。所行之處。與衣鉢俱。無所顧戀。猶如飛鳥。若不持三衣。入聚落俗人處犯罪。僧祇亦云。比丘三衣一鉢。須常隨身。違者出界結罪除病。當敬三衣如塔想。五分三衣謹護。如身薄皮常須隨身。如鳥毛羽飛走相隨。四分。行則知時。非時不行。所行之處與衣鉢俱。猶如飛鳥羽翮相隨。諸部並制隨身。今時但護離宿。不應教矣。記云。今時希有護宿。何況常隨。多有畢生身無法服。是則末世護宿猶為勝矣。但內無淨信。慢法輕衣。真出家兒。願遵聖制。業疏云。所以衣鉢常隨身者。由出家人。虗懷為本無有住着。有益便停。故制隨身。若任留者。更增餘習。於彼道分。曾無思擇。故有由也。
The Commentary on the Vinaya also says: The Ten-Recitation Vinaya says to protect the three robes as you would your own skin, and the alms bowl as you would your eyes. It goes on to say: Wherever you go, take the robes and bowl with you, without attachment or longing, like a flying bird. If one does not carry the three robes and enters a village or the company of laypeople, one commits an offense. The Mahāsāṃghika Vinaya also says: A monk's three robes and one bowl must always be kept on his person; one who violates this and goes beyond the boundary commits an offense, except when ill. One should respect the three robes as though they were a stupa. The Five-Part Vinaya says: Guard the three robes carefully as you would the thin skin of your body; they must always be carried on your person, following you like feathers and wings follow a bird in flight. The Four-Part Vinaya says: When traveling, know the proper time; do not travel at improper times. Wherever you go, take the robes and bowl with you, like a flying bird followed by its wings. All the schools alike prescribe carrying them on one's person. Nowadays people merely guard against being separated from them overnight; this should not be taught [as sufficient]. The Record says: Nowadays it is rare to guard even against overnight separation, let alone always carrying them on one's person. Many go through their whole lives without wearing the Dharma robes. Thus in this latter age, guarding against overnight separation is already considered superior. But inwardly lacking pure Faith, being arrogant toward the Dharma and treating the robes lightly—true children of the home-leaver, I urge you to follow the sage's regulations. The Karma Commentary says: The reason the robes and bowl are always carried on one's person is that a home-leaver takes emptiness as the foundation and has no fixed abiding; when something is beneficial, one stops there. Therefore the rule is made to carry them on one's person. If one were allowed to leave them behind, this would only add further habitual tendencies; regarding that portion of the Path, one has never once reflected or discerned. Hence there is this reason.