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English version Question: 'At that time, if a Bhikkhunī (female monastic) goes outside the boundary alone and commits a grave offense, what is it?' Chapter Six on Ordaining People Question: 'Can one person ordain a Śrāmaṇera (novice monk)?' Answer: 'It takes two people.' Question: 'When ordaining a Śrāmaṇera, can one request the Upādhyāya (preceptor) remotely?' Answer: 'No.' Question: 'If a Bhikkhu (monk) who has not completed five Vassas (rain retreats) ordains someone, what offense is committed? Does the disciple receive the precepts?' Answer: 'If he knowingly ordains someone unlawfully, he commits a Nissaggiya Pācittiya (an offense requiring forfeiture and confession). If he continues after three admonishments, he commits an offense of expulsion. If the disciple does not know whether it is lawful or unlawful, he receives the precepts. If he knows, he does not.' Question: 'If a Bhikkhu does not recite the precepts at all, nor does he know about various Sangha (monastic community) affairs, yet he ordains many people or acts as one of the three teachers (Upādhyāya, Karmācārya, and Pravacanācārya), does he commit any offense?' Answer: 'This person should not even accept offerings of faith, let alone ordain others!' Question: 'If someone's parents and the law of the king do not allow him to leave home, but a Bhikkhu secretly takes him away to ordain him, what offense is committed?' Answer: 'He commits a grave offense. If an official's runaway slave seeks refuge with a Bhikkhu to become a monk, and the Bhikkhu knowingly harbors him, he commits a grave offense even if he has not yet ordained him.' Question: 'If a son leaves home first, and his parents leave home later and seek refuge with their son, can the son ordain them?' Answer: 'Yes.' Question: 'Can a Bhikkhu who has violated the precepts ordain others?' Answer: 'If he has committed a grave offense, he has no right to ordain others. If he has committed an offense of expulsion, it is the same as the case of someone who has not completed five Vassas. If he has committed other minor offenses, he must first confess and repent, and then he can ordain others.' Question: 'A Śvetāmbara (layperson) seeks refuge with a Bhikkhu wanting to leave home, and the Bhikkhu accepts him and then requests an Upādhyāya and precept teacher for him. Is the Bhikkhu with whom he initially sought refuge considered his teacher?' Answer: 'He is not the teacher. If he later learns the Dharma (teachings) from him, he can be considered a Dharma teacher. If he merely relies on and follows him, he can be considered a relying teacher.' Question: 'If a Bhikkhu ordains many disciples or acts as two teachers but does not teach them the precepts at all, what offense does he commit?' Answer: 'He commits a Nissaggiya Pācittiya. In the time of the past Kāśyapa Buddha, there was a Bhikkhu who ordained disciples but did not teach them the precepts, and he did many unlawful things. After his life ended, he was reborn as a dragon. The life of a dragon is only seven days.' --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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一受对，时火烧其身肉尽骨在，寻后还复，则复烧。不能堪若，便自思惟：‘我宿何罪致如此若耶？’便观宿命，自见本作沙门，不持禁戒，师亦不教。便作毒念，瞋其本师，念欲伤害。会后其师，与五百人来乘船渡海，龙便出水捉船。众人即问：‘汝是谁？’答：‘我是龙。’问：‘汝何以捉船？’答：‘汝若下此比丘，放汝使去。’问：‘此比丘何豫汝事？都不索余人，而独索此比丘者何？’龙曰：‘本是我师，不教戒，我今受苦痛，是故索之。’众人事不得止，便欲捉此比丘着水中。比丘曰：‘我自入水，不须见捉。’即便投水丧命。以此验之，度人不可不教戒。” 问受戒事品第七 问：“沙弥犯十戒一二三不悔，受大戒得不？”答：“若忆而不悔，不得。都不忆、若不知法，受得。夫受戒法，师应问沙弥：‘汝不犯戒不？’答若言犯，即教忏悔。若本师不问，坛上师应问。若都不问，师犯舍堕。” 问：“以受大戒，得悔沙弥时所犯不？”答：“得。忏悔法同沙弥时悔法。” 问：“沙弥坛上欲受大戒，或着俗服脚着履屣，或衣钵不具假借。当时为得戒不？”答：“唯俗服，师不问不得，其余尽得，师僧犯舍堕。” 问：“若有比丘，不舍戒作沙弥，或即大道人而更受戒不 现代汉语译本 如果有人因为业报而遭受痛苦，火焰焚烧他的身体，肉体焚尽只留下骨头，过后又恢复原状，然后再次被焚烧。如果无法忍受这种痛苦，他就会思考：‘我前世犯了什么罪，以至于遭受这样的苦难？’于是他观察自己的宿命，看到自己前世曾是沙门（Śrāmaṇa，指佛教出家修行者），没有遵守禁戒，而且他的老师也没有教导他。因此他产生了恶毒的念头，憎恨他的老师，想要伤害他。后来，他的老师带着五百人乘船渡海，龙（Nāga，印度神话中的蛇神）从水中出来抓住了船。众人问：‘你是谁？’龙回答：‘我是龙。’问：‘你为什么要抓住船？’答：‘如果你们把这个比丘（Bhikṣu，佛教出家男众）交给我，我就放你们走。’问：‘这个比丘和你有什么关系？为什么不找其他人，而只找这个比丘？’龙说：‘他原本是我的老师，但他不教我戒律，所以我现在遭受痛苦，所以要找他。’众人阻止不了，便要抓住这个比丘扔到水里。比丘说：‘我自己跳入水中，不需要你们抓。’随即跳入水中丧命。从这件事可以看出，度化他人不可不教导戒律。’ 受戒事品第七 问：‘沙弥（Śrāmaṇera，佛教出家男众的预备阶段）如果犯了十戒中的一二三条，没有忏悔，还能受大戒（Upasampadā，比丘戒）吗？’答：‘如果记得自己犯戒而不忏悔，就不能受大戒。如果完全不记得，或者不知道犯戒，就可以受大戒。受戒的时候，师父应该问沙弥：‘你没有犯戒吧？’如果回答说犯了，就教他忏悔。如果本师没有问，坛上的师父也应该问。如果都不问，师父就犯了舍堕（Nissaggiya Pācittiya，一种戒律）。’ 问：‘已经受了大戒，还可以忏悔做沙弥时所犯的戒吗？’答：‘可以。忏悔的方法和做沙弥时的忏悔方法一样。’ 问：‘沙弥在坛上要受大戒，如果穿着俗家的衣服，脚上穿着鞋子，或者衣钵（Cīvara and Pātra，比丘的袈裟和钵）不齐全是借来的，当时能得到戒吗？’答：‘只有穿着俗家衣服，师父没有询问的情况下，才不能得戒，其余情况都可以得戒，但是师父和僧众犯舍堕。’ 问：‘如果有比丘（Bhikṣu，佛教出家男众），没有舍戒就去做沙弥，或者已经做了大道人（指其他宗教的修行者）又来受戒，可以吗？’
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English version If someone suffers due to karma, with fire burning his body, his flesh completely burned away leaving only bones, and afterwards he is restored to his original state, and then burned again. If he cannot endure this suffering, he will think: 'What sin did I commit in a previous life that I suffer such misery?' Then he observes his past life and sees that he was once a Śrāmaṇa (Buddhist novice monk), who did not uphold the precepts, and his teacher did not instruct him either. Therefore, he developed malicious thoughts, hating his teacher and wanting to harm him. Later, his teacher, along with five hundred people, crossed the sea by boat, and a Nāga (serpent deity in Indian mythology) emerged from the water and seized the boat. The people asked: 'Who are you?' The Nāga replied: 'I am a Nāga.' They asked: 'Why are you seizing the boat?' He answered: 'If you hand over this Bhikṣu (Buddhist monk), I will let you go.' They asked: 'What does this Bhikṣu have to do with you? Why do you not seek anyone else, but only this Bhikṣu?' The Nāga said: 'He was originally my teacher, but he did not teach me the precepts, so I am now suffering, and that is why I am seeking him.' The people could not stop it, and they wanted to seize the Bhikṣu and throw him into the water. The Bhikṣu said: 'I will jump into the water myself; you do not need to seize me.' Then he jumped into the water and lost his life. From this, it can be seen that when guiding others, one must not fail to teach the precepts.' Chapter 7: On the Matter of Receiving Precepts Question: 'If a Śrāmaṇera (Buddhist novice monk) violates one, two, or three of the ten precepts and does not repent, can he receive the Upasampadā (full ordination as a Bhikṣu)?' Answer: 'If he remembers that he violated the precepts and does not repent, he cannot receive the Upasampadā. If he does not remember at all, or if he does not know that he violated the precepts, he can receive the Upasampadā. When receiving the precepts, the teacher should ask the Śrāmaṇera: 'Have you not violated the precepts?' If he answers that he has, then teach him to repent. If the original teacher does not ask, the teacher on the altar should ask. If neither asks, the teacher commits a Nissaggiya Pācittiya (an offense requiring forfeiture).' Question: 'Having received the Upasampadā, can one repent for the precepts violated when one was a Śrāmaṇera?' Answer: 'Yes. The method of repentance is the same as the method of repentance when one was a Śrāmaṇera.' Question: 'If a Śrāmaṇera is on the altar to receive the Upasampadā, and he is wearing secular clothes, shoes on his feet, or his Cīvara and Pātra (robe and bowl of a monk) are incomplete and borrowed, does he receive the precepts at that time?' Answer: 'Only if he is wearing secular clothes and the teacher does not ask, he does not receive the precepts. In all other cases, he receives the precepts, but the teacher and the Sangha (monastic community) commit a Nissaggiya Pācittiya.' Question: 'If a Bhikṣu (Buddhist monk) becomes a Śrāmaṇera without relinquishing his precepts, or if someone who is already a 'great ascetic' (referring to practitioners of other religions) comes to receive the precepts, is it permissible?' --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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？”答：“不得。”问：“若不得戒。前所受戒故在不？”答：“在。”问：“后师故是师不？”答：“非。” 问：“多人受戒而并请一人为师。可得十人五人一时受戒不？”答：“无此理。” 问：“沙弥更受大戒，请一比丘为大戒师。而比比丘不知羯磨法及受戒法，更与请一人与受戒。以何当为师？”答：“与受戒者是师。无戒法与者非师。” 问：“坛上师僧，或着俗服、或犯禁戒。受戒者得戒不？”答：“若受戒人知是非法，不得。不知，得。” 问：“受戒时，众僧不和合或相打骂，为得戒不？”答：“若坛上僧和合便得，不和不得。” 问：“受戒为有时节不？”答：“唯后夜不得。初夜中夜无灯烛亦不得，要须相睹形色乃得。” 问：“受戒时或值天雨，更移场屋下受戒，得戒不？”答：“若欲移戒场，当先解大界更结界场，乃得受戒。不尔者不得。” 问：“受戒时，或有事难不得究竟。是大比丘不？”答：“但三羯磨讫便是。” 问：“受戒尽十三事，后诸戒师和尚不续教戒。得戒具不？”答：“若师不教诫，至十五日说戒专心听受，便得具足。” 问：“受戒三衣不具，有持衣直，或染不染、或裁不裁。得当衣不？”答：“尽不得。 现代汉语译本 问：‘可以这样吗？’答：‘不可以。’问：‘如果不能得到戒，之前所受的戒还在吗？’答：‘还在。’问：‘后面的老师还是老师吗？’答：‘不是。’ 问：‘很多人一起受戒，并且一起请一个人做老师，可以十个人或五个人同时受戒吗？’答：‘没有这个道理。’ 问：‘沙弥（Śrāmaṇera）[佛教术语，指已出家但尚未受具足戒的男性修行者] 再次受大戒，请一位比丘（Bhikṣu）[佛教术语，指受过具足戒的男性出家人] 作为大戒师。但是这位比丘不知道羯磨法（Karma）[佛教术语，指行为、业力] 以及受戒法，又请另一个人来帮助受戒。应该以谁为老师？’答：‘帮助受戒的人是老师。没有戒法传授的人不是老师。’ 问：‘坛上的师父或僧人，或者穿着俗服，或者触犯禁戒，受戒的人能得到戒吗？’答：‘如果受戒的人知道这是不如法的，就得不到戒。如果不知道，就能得到。’ 问：‘受戒时，众僧不和合或者互相打骂，能得到戒吗？’答：‘如果坛上的僧人和合就能得到，不和合就得不到。’ 问：‘受戒有时间限制吗？’答：‘只有后半夜不可以。前半夜和中半夜没有灯烛也不可以，必须要能清楚看到形貌才能进行。’ 问：‘受戒时，或者遇到下雨，改到其他地方受戒，能得到戒吗？’答：‘如果要移动戒场，应当先解除大界（Sima）[佛教术语，指寺院的结界范围]，重新结界，才能受戒。否则就不能得到。’ 问：‘受戒时，或者有事难以完成，是大比丘吗？’答：‘只要三次羯磨（Karma）[佛教术语，指僧团的议事程序] 完成就可以了。’ 问：‘受戒完成了十三事，之后诸位戒师和和尚（Upadhyaya）[佛教术语，指亲教师] 没有继续教导戒律。能得到具足戒吗？’答：‘如果老师不教诫，到十五日说戒时专心听受，就能得到具足戒。’ 问：‘受戒时三衣（Tricīvara）[佛教术语，指出家僧侣所穿的三种袈裟] 不齐全，有买衣服的钱，或者染色不染色、或者裁剪不裁剪。能得到相应的衣服吗？’答：‘都不能得到。’