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Monastic Robes and Regalia Sutra (釋門章服儀)

About 釋門章服儀

Tang · by 道宣述

7,470 · about 25 min

The "Monastic Robe and Decorum Code" by the Tang Dynasty Vinaya master Daoxuan is a crucial text in Buddhist monastic discipline. This work systematically establishes the standards for monastic attire and dignified conduct, covering the appropriate occasions for wearing, methods of making, and symbolic meanings of the three robes, kasayas, and other religious garments. It reflects the rigor and sanctity of monastic precepts. Rooted in Indian Buddhist Vinaya and integrated with Chinese practices, it profoundly influenced the institutional development of monastic communities in Chinese Buddhism, establishing authoritative standards for monastic attire for later generations. It remains an indispensable classic for the study of Buddhist rituals and institutions.


制意釋名篇第一
形服之所感人。懷生務本。道法之所迴向。啟化初源。故釋父逾城。途經林澤。行見獵者。服以袈裟。便脫寶衣。貿得麁布僧伽梨。即而服之。成正覺道。及開化也。若自若他。創染玄綱。先乘此服。故善來聲發。俗衣變而成法衣。八事隨身。如善見說。羯磨等受。先立形同正儀故律云。彼剃髮著袈裟。與出家人同。此誠證也。斯何故耶。良由非變服。無以光其儀。非異俗。無以顯其道也。括其大歸。莫非截苦海之舟航。夷生涯之梯隥。故賢愚經云。服此法衣。當於生死疾得解脫。故梵王布化存生。而立運通。釋尊。垂範亡我。而捐罪福。傾五住於心塵。排二死於內外者也。是知。戲女一披歷長劫。而依脫縛。獸王纔見。忍死苦而識歸心。誠不虛也。問。已知制意。未識何名。答。尋夫西梵之與東華。音義乖越。聖種之與凡習。理絕名言。故薩婆多論云。如來立此三名。異於外道也。斯則三名。出於金口。殊非管識所籌。如彼呪詞祖而不譯也。或以名含多義。從本不可翻之。自道化東漸。經律所傳。號曰袈裟。通稱法服。然則袈裟之目。因於衣色。即如經中壞色衣也。聖色異俗。有目同知。知何等衣。但見其色。即目此色。為袈裟衣。律中。所顯微附衣形。故十誦。以為敷具。謂同氈席之形也。四分。以為臥具。謂同衾被之類也。如尼師壇。本唯梵僧所坐之物。如此所坐之具。即而正翻。名為坐具。至於衣服。猶迷莫練。然經律中。但名僧伽梨者。未曾有法也。所以者何。名出俗道標。此無有比。相如氈被之具。故名臥具也。尋名之師依名取義。即解云。氈臥具等。須加羯磨而捨受也。論稱五過。正在其人。故薩婆多云。臥具者。三衣名也。即僧祇云。老病比丘。持氈僧伽梨。從僧乞法。即其義也。安用羯磨。而加氈席乎。縱有前聞。未行其事。不可虛也。今以義約終須建名。故文云。無名相中。假名相說。如律名為調伏衣。故文云。結使已調伏。乃應披袈裟也。如經中。內起瞋心。外著袈裟。無不息滅是也。或經云法衣應器者。謂懷道者。服之名法衣也。堪受供者。用之名應器也。深思其名。聽言觀行。不徒設也。自餘眾名。具如鈔疏說也。問如大集云。雖除鬚髮。不去結使。被服染衣。心不離染。此即去取一亂。如何以分。答。勿迷其名。當取遠致。染謂壞於俗色。即染而是色標。故知。兩據其道。而捨於俗也。故律中。以袈裟色。染五正色。是如法色也。

釋門章服儀序
2 立體拔俗篇

CBETA Code: T1894

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