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English version: 'Follow that Bhikshu (monk).' When that Bhikshuni (nun) admonishes this Bhikshuni, if she persists and does not give up. That Bhikshuni should admonish her up to three times, to abandon this matter. If after being admonished three times, she abandons it, that is good; if she does not abandon it, then she is not a Bhikshuni, not a daughter of the Shakya clan, and commits an offense subject to suspension. In this matter, one must not commit it for the rest of one's life, can you uphold this? (The answer is 'I can.') Good woman, listen carefully! The Tathagata (Thus Gone One, an epithet of the Buddha), Arhat (Worthy One), Samyaksambuddha (Perfectly Enlightened One) has spoken of the Four Reliances. Bhikshunis rely on these to renounce the household life and receive the Great Precepts; this is the Bhikshuni's Dharma (law/teaching). Relying on wearing robes made of discarded rags to renounce the household life and receive the Great Precepts, this is the Bhikshuni's Dharma. In this matter, can you uphold this for the rest of your life? (The answer is 'I can.') If one obtains additional benefits: if a Danapati (donor) offers robes, if one obtains light robes, if one obtains tailored robes, one should accept them. Relying on begging for food to renounce the household life and receive the Great Precepts, this is the Bhikshuni's Dharma. In this matter, can you uphold this for the rest of your life? (The answer is 'I can.') If one obtains additional benefits: food allocated by the Sangha (community), if a Danapati sends food, food on the eighth day of the month, food on the fifteenth day of the month, food on the first day of the month, regular food for the Sangha, food offered by a Danapati, one may accept them. Relying on sitting under a tree to renounce the household life and receive the Great Precepts, this is the Bhikshuni's Dharma. In this matter, can you uphold this for the rest of your life? (The answer is 'I can.') If one obtains additional benefits: a separate room, a multi-story building, a small room, a stone chamber, a dwelling with two rooms and one door, one should accept them. Relying on using fermented medicine to renounce the household life and receive the Great Precepts, this is the Bhikshuni's Dharma. In this matter, can you uphold this for the rest of your life? (The answer is 'I can.') If one obtains additional benefits: ghee, oil, fresh ghee, honey, rock candy, one should accept them. You have now completed the precepts, and through the Chaturtha-karma (four acts of declaration) it has been accomplished according to the Dharma, you have obtained a dwelling place, the Upadhyaya (preceptor) is according to the Dharma, the Acarya (teacher) is according to the Dharma, the Bhiksusamgha (community of monks) and Bhikshunisamgha (community of nuns) are fully complete. You should well receive the teachings, you should diligently make offerings to the Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha, and follow all the lawful instructions of the Upadhyaya and Acarya, and not disobey them. You should study and recite the scriptures, diligently seek expedient means, and within the Buddha's Dharma, attain the Srotapanna (stream-enterer) fruit, the Sakrdagamin (once-returner) fruit, the Anagamin (non-returner) fruit, and the Arhat (worthy one) fruit. You --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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始发心出家，功不唐捐，果报不绝。余所未知者，当问和尚、阿阇梨。(使受戒人在前而去。) 除罪法第三 尼忏僧残罪法(尼以女弱，事须相假以肃其怀。如若私己容恶，则自坏彼，犯在不轻。故尼覆僧残，但增罪治，半月行摩那埵，无别覆藏调伏法故。尼忏僧残，要在二部僧中作摩那埵羯磨，大僧与尼二部各满四人。若作出罪羯磨，大僧与尼二部各满二十人，不得减。) 乞摩那埵羯磨文(比丘尼犯僧残罪，应二部僧中半月行摩那埵。行摩那埵时，应至二部僧中，偏露右肩，脱革屣，礼僧足，右膝着地，合掌，作如是乞。) 大德僧听！我比丘尼某甲，犯某甲若干僧残罪，今从二部僧乞半月摩那埵。愿僧与我半月摩那埵，慈愍故。(如是三说。) 与摩那埵羯磨文 大德僧听！此比丘尼某甲，犯某甲若干僧残罪，今从二部僧乞半月摩那埵。若僧时到僧忍听，僧今与比丘尼某甲半月摩那埵。白如是。 大德僧听！此比丘尼某甲，犯某甲若干僧残罪，今从二部僧乞半月摩那埵；僧今与比丘尼某甲半月摩那埵。谁诸长老忍僧与比丘尼某甲半月摩那埵者默然，谁不忍者说。是初羯磨。(如是三说。)僧已忍与比丘尼某甲半月摩那埵竟。僧忍，默然故，是事如是持。(比丘尼 现代汉语译本 开始发心出家，所做的功德不会白费，善果报应也不会断绝。如果还有我不明白的地方，应当去请教和尚（héshàng，指寺院住持或长老）和阿阇梨（ā shé lí，指教授戒律的导师）。（让受戒的人走在前面离开。） 除罪法第三 尼忏僧残罪法（因为比丘尼（bǐ qiū ní，指出家修行的女性佛教徒）身为女性，体质较弱，所以需要相互帮助，以端正她们的心念。如果私下容忍罪恶，就会自我败坏，所犯的罪过也不轻。因此，比丘尼隐瞒僧残罪（sēng cán zuì，佛教戒律中的一种重罪），只会增加罪责，处以半个月的行摩那埵（mó nà duǒ，一种忏悔罪过的方式），没有其他隐瞒罪过而能调伏的方法。比丘尼忏悔僧残罪，必须在两个僧团中进行摩那埵羯磨（mó nà duǒ jié mó，忏悔仪式），大僧（dà sēng，指比丘僧团）和尼僧（ní sēng，指比丘尼僧团）两个僧团各自要有四人以上。如果要进行出罪羯磨（chū zuì jié mó，解除罪过的仪式），大僧和尼僧两个僧团各自要有二十人以上，不能减少。） 乞摩那埵羯磨文（比丘尼犯了僧残罪，应该在两个僧团中进行半个月的摩那埵。进行摩那埵时，应该到两个僧团中，袒露右肩，脱掉革屣（gé xǐ，指鞋子），礼拜僧众的脚，右膝着地，合掌，这样乞求。） ‘大德僧（dà dé sēng，指德高望重的僧人）听！我比丘尼某甲（mǒu jiǎ，指某某），犯了某甲若干僧残罪，现在向两个僧团乞求半个月的摩那埵。希望僧团赐予我半个月的摩那埵，因为慈悲怜悯的缘故。’（这样说三遍。） 与摩那埵羯磨文 ‘大德僧听！这位比丘尼某甲，犯了某甲若干僧残罪，现在向两个僧团乞求半个月的摩那埵。如果僧团认为时机已到，僧团允许，僧团现在赐予比丘尼某甲半个月的摩那埵。’白如是。 ‘大德僧听！这位比丘尼某甲，犯了某甲若干僧残罪，现在向两个僧团乞求半个月的摩那埵；僧团现在赐予比丘尼某甲半个月的摩那埵。哪位长老（zhǎng lǎo，指年长的僧人）赞同僧团赐予比丘尼某甲半个月的摩那埵的就默然，哪位不赞同的就说出来。’这是第一次羯磨。（这样说三遍。）僧团已经赞同赐予比丘尼某甲半个月的摩那埵完毕。僧团赞同，因为默然的缘故，这件事就这样执行。（比丘尼
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English version Having initially resolved to renounce the world and become a monastic, the merit gained will not be in vain, and the karmic rewards will not cease. What I do not yet understand, I should ask the Abbot (héshàng, referring to the head of a monastery or an elder) and the Ācārya (ā shé lí, referring to a teacher of precepts). (Let the person receiving the precepts go ahead and leave.) The Third Chapter on Methods of Expelling Offenses The Method for Bhikṣuṇīs (bǐ qiū ní, female Buddhist monastics) to Confess Saṃghāvaśeṣa (sēng cán zuì, a type of serious offense in Buddhist monastic rules) Offenses (Because bhikṣuṇīs are women and physically weaker, they need to rely on each other to maintain proper conduct. If they privately tolerate evil, they will corrupt themselves, and the offenses committed will not be light. Therefore, if a bhikṣuṇī conceals a Saṃghāvaśeṣa offense, the punishment will only increase, and she will undergo half a month of Mānatta (mó nà duǒ, a period of probation and penance). There is no other method to conceal offenses and achieve taming. When a bhikṣuṇī confesses a Saṃghāvaśeṣa offense, she must perform the Mānatta Karma (mó nà duǒ jié mó, a formal act of confession and penance) in both Saṃghas (monastic communities). The Bhikṣu (bǐ qiū, male monastic) Saṃgha and the Bhikṣuṇī Saṃgha must each have at least four members present. If performing the Karma of Expiation (chū zuì jié mó, a formal act of absolution), the Bhikṣu Saṃgha and the Bhikṣuṇī Saṃgha must each have at least twenty members present; the number cannot be reduced.) The Text for Requesting Mānatta Karma (When a bhikṣuṇī commits a Saṃghāvaśeṣa offense, she should undergo Mānatta for half a month in both Saṃghas. When performing Mānatta, she should go to both Saṃghas, expose her right shoulder, remove her leather sandals (gé xǐ, shoes), prostrate at the feet of the Saṃgha, kneel on her right knee, join her palms, and make the request as follows.) 'Venerable Saṃgha (dà dé sēng, virtuous monastics), listen! I, the bhikṣuṇī named so-and-so (mǒu jiǎ, a certain person), have committed so-and-so many Saṃghāvaśeṣa offenses. Now I request half a month of Mānatta from both Saṃghas. May the Saṃgha grant me half a month of Mānatta, out of compassion.' (Say this three times.) The Text for Granting Mānatta Karma 'Venerable Saṃgha, listen! This bhikṣuṇī named so-and-so has committed so-and-so many Saṃghāvaśeṣa offenses. Now she requests half a month of Mānatta from both Saṃghas. If the Saṃgha deems the time appropriate and agrees, the Saṃgha now grants bhikṣuṇī so-and-so half a month of Mānatta.' Announce thus. 'Venerable Saṃgha, listen! This bhikṣuṇī named so-and-so has committed so-and-so many Saṃghāvaśeṣa offenses. Now she requests half a month of Mānatta from both Saṃghas; the Saṃgha now grants bhikṣuṇī so-and-so half a month of Mānatta. Those elders (zhǎng lǎo, senior monastics) who approve of the Saṃgha granting bhikṣuṇī so-and-so half a month of Mānatta, remain silent; those who do not approve, speak up.' This is the first Karma. (Say this three times.) The Saṃgha has already approved granting bhikṣuṇī so-and-so half a month of Mānatta. The Saṃgha approves, because of the silence, this matter is thus carried out. (Bhikṣuṇī --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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行摩那埵法与上大僧同，唯应二部僧中日日白。应作如是白：) 大德僧听！我比丘尼某甲，犯某甲若干僧残罪，已从二部僧乞半月摩那埵；僧已与我半月摩那埵。我比丘尼某甲，已行若干日过，余有若干日在，白大德僧令知，我行摩那埵。 乞出罪羯磨文(比丘尼半月行摩那埵竟，应至二部僧中，作如是乞。) 大德僧听！我比丘尼某甲，犯某甲若干僧残罪，已从二部僧乞半月摩那埵；僧已与我半月摩那埵。我已于二部僧中行半月摩那埵竟，今从僧乞出罪羯磨。愿僧与我出罪羯磨，慈愍故。(如是三说。) 与出罪羯磨文 大德僧听！此比丘尼某甲，犯某甲若干僧残罪，已从二部僧乞半月摩那埵；僧已与比丘尼某甲半月摩那埵。此比丘尼某甲，已于二部僧中行半月摩那埵竟，今从僧乞出罪羯磨。若僧时到僧忍听，僧今与比丘尼某甲出罪羯磨。白如是。 大德僧听！此比丘尼某甲，犯某甲若干僧残罪，已从二部僧乞半月摩那埵；僧已与比丘尼某甲半月摩那埵。此比丘尼某甲，已于二部僧中行半月摩那埵竟，今从僧乞出罪羯磨；僧今与比丘尼某甲出罪羯磨。谁诸长老忍僧今与比丘尼某甲出罪羯磨者默然，谁不忍者说。是初羯磨。(如是三说。)僧已忍与比丘尼某甲出罪羯磨竟。僧 现代汉语译本：行摩那埵法（Mānatta-dharma，忏悔法）与上座大僧相同，只需每日在比丘僧团和比丘尼僧团中禀白。应这样禀白： ‘大德僧众请听！我比丘尼某甲，犯了某甲若干僧残罪（Saṃghāvaśeṣa，僧团所犯重罪），已从二部僧团乞求半月摩那埵；僧团已给予我半月摩那埵。我比丘尼某甲，已经行了若干日，还余下若干日，禀白大德僧众，告知我正在行摩那埵。’ 乞求出罪羯磨文（Karma，仪式）（比丘尼半月行摩那埵完毕后，应到二部僧团中，这样乞求）： ‘大德僧众请听！我比丘尼某甲，犯了某甲若干僧残罪，已从二部僧团乞求半月摩那埵；僧团已给予我半月摩那埵。我已在二部僧团中行半月摩那埵完毕，现在从僧团乞求出罪羯磨。愿僧团给予我出罪羯磨，因为慈悲怜悯的缘故。’（这样说三遍。） 给予出罪羯磨文： ‘大德僧众请听！这位比丘尼某甲，犯了某甲若干僧残罪，已从二部僧团乞求半月摩那埵；僧团已给予比丘尼某甲半月摩那埵。这位比丘尼某甲，已在二部僧团中行半月摩那埵完毕，现在从僧团乞求出罪羯磨。如果僧团时机已到，僧团允许，僧团现在给予比丘尼某甲出罪羯磨。禀白如上。’ ‘大德僧众请听！这位比丘尼某甲，犯了某甲若干僧残罪，已从二部僧团乞求半月摩那埵；僧团已给予比丘尼某甲半月摩那埵。这位比丘尼某甲，已在二部僧团中行半月摩那埵完毕，现在从僧团乞求出罪羯磨；僧团现在给予比丘尼某甲出罪羯磨。哪位长老允许僧团现在给予比丘尼某甲出罪羯磨的就默然，哪位不忍的就说出来。这是第一次羯磨。’（这样说三遍。）僧团已经允许给予比丘尼某甲出罪羯磨完毕。