Pratimoksha of the Dharmaguptakas 1.13

1.13

「諸大德！我今欲說波羅提木叉戒，汝等諦聽，善思念之。若自知有犯者即應自懺悔，不犯者默然；默然者，知諸大德清淨。若有他問者，亦如是答。如是比丘在眾中，乃至三問，憶念有罪而不懺悔者，得故妄語罪；故妄語者佛說障道法。若彼比丘憶念有罪，欲求清淨者，應懺悔；懺悔得安樂。

Brethren! I desire to go through the Pātimokkha. Monks assembled thus, let all consider and devoutly reflect on these Precepts. If any have transgressed let them repent. If none have transgressed then stand silent. By their silence, brethren, it shall be known that you are guiltless.

Now if a stranger ask one of us a question, we are bound to reply truthfully; so, also, monks, we who reside in community, if we know that we have done wrong and yet decline to acknowledge it, we are guilty of prevarication. But Buddha has declared that prevarication effectually prevents our religious advancement. That brother, therefore, who is conscious of transgression, and desires absolution, ought at once to declare his fault, and after proper penance he shall have rest and peace.