佛說目連問戒律中五百輕重事 1.291

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問：「未滿五臘，得並入誦律不？」答：「不得。為可粗教誡而已。若誦犯墮捨，大戒不滅沙彌戒故。」「是沙彌非？」答：「非。」

Question: "May one who has not completed five rainy seasons join in and recite the Vinaya?" Answer: "He may not; he may only be given rough admonitions. If he recites it, he commits an offence of pātayantika-naiḥsargika, because the full precepts do not obliterate the novice precepts." "Is he a novice or not?" Answer: "He is not."