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English version Ordaining a Śrāmaṇera (novice monk). What are the ten qualities? 1. Complete in upholding the precepts. 2. Learning the precepts. 3. Learning meditation. 4. Learning wisdom. 5. Studying extensively the Vinaya (monastic discipline). 6. Well-versed in Abhidharma (Buddhist philosophy). 7. Able to care for oneself when sick and able to have others care for oneself. 8. Able to confess one's own offenses and able to have others confess. 9. When a disciple encounters difficulties in Brahmacarya (holy life), able to help them escape the difficulty and able to have others help them escape. 10. Possessing the accomplishment of ten qualities. If one possesses these, one can be relied upon; if five qualities are not complete, one cannot fully accept reliance. Question: If a Bhikṣu (monk) does not possess ten qualities, yet ordains someone and gives them reliance; or if five qualities are not complete, yet acts as an Ācārya (teacher), what offense is committed? Answer: Depending on the qualities lacking, each commits a Duḥkṛta (minor offense). Question: If a Bhikṣu is not yet five years ordained, and for one day does not request instruction in the precepts or make three inquiries, what offense does the teacher commit? Answer: Commits a Duḥkṛta offense. Question: A Bhikṣu possessing ten qualities, how many people can he ordain in a year? Answer: The Sarvāstivāda Vinaya says: Twelve months is one year, and one person can be ordained. After receiving full ordination, after another year, one person can be ordained. Giving reliance, after another year, one Śrāmaṇera can be given reliance. Question: Some say that a Bhikṣuṇī (nun) should bow to a Śrāmaṇera. How should this be understood? Answer: This statement is mistaken. The three Vinayas clearly state that the five assemblies (monks, nuns, male novices, female novices, and probationary nuns) should respect the Dharma. A junior Śrāmaṇera should bow to a senior Śrāmaṇerī (female novice), how much more so should a senior Bhikṣuṇī not receive the bow of a Śrāmaṇera? Question: The method for a Bhikṣuṇī to request the Poṣadha (confession ceremony) and request instruction in the precepts is: At the half-month or end of the month, the Bhikṣuṇī assembly harmoniously, through a Jñapti-dvitiya-karma (formal act of the Sangha), sends two Bhikṣuṇīs who understand the precepts as companions to go to the Sangha (monk community). One should not entrust the senior, junior, guest, or sick Bhikṣus, but should entrust the middle-seated, knowledgeable Bhikṣu, saying: 'Venerable one, remember, I, Bhikṣuṇī so-and-so, the assembly harmoniously bows at the feet of the great Sangha, requesting a person to instruct in the precepts.' Saying this three times, respectfully return to their own monastery. That night, each recites the precepts. When the Sangha recites the precepts, the reciter asks: 'Who has received the entrustment of the Bhikṣuṇīs, requesting a person to instruct in the precepts?' The one who received the entrustment immediately rises, bows at the feet of the Sangha, and reports to the Sangha: 'Venerable Sangha, listen, the Bhikṣuṇī so-and-so, the assembly harmoniously.' --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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礼大德僧足。请教戒人。如是三说。已往上坐前。上坐问言。尼请谁。若言某甲若言僧次。请随尼白二羯磨差定。然后说戒教戒尼人要具十德。何者是。一者戒律具足。二者广诵二部毗尼。三者多闻。四决断无疑。五善解说法。六者族姓出家。七者颜貌端政。八者堪能与比丘尼说。九者不犯重禁。十者二十[萉-巴+(日/(句-口+匕))]。若具此十德得教戒比丘尼。阙一不得者。若说戒竟至明日清旦。比丘尼还往大德僧寺中。至先嘱授人所问言。大德教戒人不。若言得。问谁是。若言某甲。即往教授人所言。大德若愿教戒比丘尼。何日当往。除前三后二中间十日。克日当往。至日比丘不往突吉罗。尼不来。半申旬迎得突吉罗。为辨种种饮食。及蹉洗足具与持衣钵。至寺四打椎集尼众。教师即为说八敬。已更说余法。上来所明皆是具足教法。今时末代十德难备。时复云何。今时教者亦明。半月尽尼众和合白二羯磨差。知法比丘尼二人为伴。往大僧寺如前嘱授知法比丘竟。尼即还寺。各自说戒。僧说戒时。所嘱授人即起白僧言。大德僧听。比丘尼某甲和合礼大德足。请教戒人。如是三说僧说戒竟。往上坐前。上坐问言。尼请谁。答言随僧。上坐应使受嘱人次第问僧二十[萉-巴+(日/(句-口+匕))]以上。若 无教人。上坐应语嘱授人言。明日比丘尼来时答言。众僧有教时此众中无教戒比丘尼人。语比丘尼。众和合谨慎。如法莫教逸。至十六日尼往僧寺内。问所嘱人言。得教戒不。答曰不得。大德僧有教。如上坐奉教以还寺内。鸣犍椎集尼。僧已应言。大僧有教时。此众中无教戒尼人。语比丘尼。众和合谨慎莫放逸。尼比日应言。顶戴持。 律抄壹卷 照平元年七月十三日于昌梨寺写讫故记之 道人僧诞许 现代汉语译本：没有教导者。上座应该按照嘱托，告诉来人说：‘明天比丘尼来的时候，这样回答她们：众僧有教令时，这个僧团中没有教诫比丘尼的人。’告诉比丘尼：‘僧团和合，谨慎行事，如法而行，不要放逸。’到了十六日，比丘尼前往僧寺内，问被嘱托的人说：‘得到教诫了吗？’回答说：‘没有得到。大德僧有教令。’如同上座奉教令一样，回到寺内，鸣打犍椎（一种寺院用具），召集比丘尼。僧人应该这样说：‘大僧有教令时，这个僧团中没有教诫比丘尼的人。’告诉比丘尼：‘僧团和合，谨慎行事，不要放逸。’比丘尼应该回答说：‘顶戴奉持。’ 《律抄》一卷 照平元年七月十三日于昌梨寺抄写完毕，故记录之。 道人僧诞许
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English version: There is no one to instruct. The senior monk should, according to the instructions, tell the person who comes: 'When the Bhikkhunis come tomorrow, answer them like this: When the Sangha has an instruction, there is no one in this Sangha to instruct the Bhikkhunis.' Tell the Bhikkhunis: 'The Sangha is in harmony, be cautious in your actions, act according to the Dharma, and do not be negligent.' On the sixteenth day, the Bhikkhunis went to the monastery and asked the person who was instructed: 'Have you received the instruction?' The answer was: 'I have not received it. The great Sangha has an instruction.' Just as the senior monk followed the instruction, he returned to the monastery, struck the Ghandi (a kind of temple instrument), and gathered the Bhikkhunis. The monks should say: 'When the great Sangha has an instruction, there is no one in this Sangha to instruct the Bhikkhunis.' Tell the Bhikkhunis: 'The Sangha is in harmony, be cautious in your actions, and do not be negligent.' The Bhikkhunis should answer: 'We will uphold it with reverence.' 《Vinaya Excerpt》, one scroll Completed copying at Changli Temple on July 13th of the first year of Zhaoping, hence this record. Daoist Monk Seng Danxu --------------------------------------------------------------------------------