五分比丘尼戒本 1.30
English (machine translation) 1.30
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1.30
"Whatever bhikṣuṇī assists in causing a schism in the harmonious saṅgha, whether one, two, or many, saying to the bhikṣuṇīs: 'What this bhikṣuṇī says is spoken with knowledge, not without knowledge; it speaks the Dharma, not non-Dharma; it speaks the Vinaya, not non-Vinaya; these are all things that our minds approve and delight in'—if the bhikṣuṇīs speak to this bhikṣuṇī: 'Do not speak thus: "What this bhikṣuṇī says is spoken with knowledge, not without knowledge; it speaks the Dharma, not non-Dharma; it speaks the Vinaya, not non-Vinaya; these are all things that our minds approve and delight in." Why is that? This bhikṣuṇī does not speak with knowledge, does not speak the Dharma, and does not speak the Vinaya. Do not delight in assisting a schism in the harmonious saṅgha! You should delight in assisting the harmonious saṅgha. Because the saṅgha is harmonious, there is joy and no dispute, a single mind and a single training blended like water and milk, together propagating the Master's teaching and walking in ease'—if when thus admonished she persists and will not desist, she should be admonished a second and a third time. If upon being admonished a second and a third time she desists from this matter, that is good; if she does not desist, that bhikṣuṇī, upon three admonitions, commits a saṅghāvaśeṣa requiring deśanā.
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- 五分比丘尼戒本 — Classical Chinese