འདལ་བ་གཞ notes.3.74

notes.3.74

74. Yijing (Taishō 1446, 1046b17) 大衆一時都説. According to Dharmamitra, “a lifting of restrictions as an assembly” occurs when a disturbance in the area around a monastic site forces the monks to leave the site. In that case, before departing, the monks who are intent on leaving should inform the foremost monk among those monks within eyesight that they “collectively” or “as an assembly” lift restrictions. Dharmamitra (vol. yu, F.148.a): gnas par mi nus pa nyid yin na spyod yul du gyur ba’i dge slong la tshogs kyi dgag dbye sa go bar bya’o zhes bya ba ni/ gnas par khas blangs pa’i gnas su yul ’khrug pa la sogs pa’i rgyus gnas par mi nus pa nyid yin na de’i tshe rang gi mig lnga’i spyod yul du gyur pa’i dge slong mdun na gnas pa de la dge slong ’gro bar rtsol ba des tshogs kyis dgag dbyes dgag dbye bgyid do zhes go bar byas te ’gro bar bya’o zhes bya ba’i tha tshig go. Upasak explains the “gaṇa-pavāraṇa” of the Pali Vinaya to be “a pavāraṇa performed by a ‘group’ of monks consisting of two or three or four monks, i.e. by a Gaṇa, not by the Saṅgha. The Saṅgha consists of at least five monks” (Upasak 1975, p. 79). See also Viśeṣamitra (F.173.b): de la tshogs kyi dgag dbye bya ba ni ’jigs pa chen po byung na rnam par bltas la/ phan tshun brjod par bya ste/ tshe dang ldan pa dag deng dge ’dun gyi dgag dbye bco lnga pa ste/ ’di dang ’di lta bu’i ’jig pa byung ste/ gang gi tshe dge ’dun tshogs pa rnyed pa dag de’i tshe dge ’dun dang lhan cig dgag dbye brgya’o.