四分律比丘戒本 1.p35
The Prātimokṣa of the Dharmaguptakas 1.p35
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1.p35
If a monk, of a bad disposition, will not bear being spoken to, according to the direction of the law of precepts, and if, when all the monks have expostulated with him on this account, he reply, “Brother, do not talk thus at me! whether I am right or wrong! I also will say nothing to you, whether right or wrong. Brother, be agreed (or satisfied), do not find fault!” Those monks, addressing him, shall say, “Brother! refuse not to receive our appeal! a brother ought to receive the word of (kind) expostulation. Brother! as the law corrects all the monks, so would all the monks, according to the law, expostulate with our brother. So the disciples of Buddha shall all receive profit, correcting each other in turn for their faults, and mutually inviting each other to further repentance.” These monks thus speaking to him, if he still hold by his opinion after three warnings, let him be suspended.
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