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# Dharmaguptaka-vinaya 17.12

四分律 17.12

- **Language:** Classical Chinese

### [17.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.vinaya.other-vinayas.dharmaguptaka*zh-buddhayasas.17.12)

彼比丘不知犯麁罪不犯麁罪，後乃知麁罪，或有作波逸提懺者、有疑者，佛言：「不知，無犯。自今已去應如是結戒：若比丘知他比丘犯麁罪，覆藏者，波逸提。」

> That bhikṣu did not know whether an offence committed was a gross offence or not a gross offence, and only later knew it was a gross offence; some repented it as a pāyattika, and some had doubts. The Buddha said: 'If one does not know, there is no offence. From now on, it should be laid down thus: "If a bhikṣu, knowing that another bhikṣu has committed a gross offence, conceals it, it is a pāyattika."'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.vinaya.other-vinayas.dharmaguptaka*zh-buddhayasas~en-mt.17.12) — English, machine translation

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- [四分律比丘戒本](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.vinaya.pratimoksa.dharmaguptaka*zh-buddhayasas.1.140) — Classical Chinese

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