佛說目連問戒律中五百輕重事 1.357

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問：「沙彌叛師，以白衣師綜習俗，竟不捨戒。或經年月，還來投師，故是沙彌非？但悔過而已，不須更受戒耶？」答：「故是沙彌，但向師懺。本不捨戒，不得更受，受亦不得戒。」

Question: "A śrāmaṇera rebels against his master, takes a layperson as his master, and adopts secular ways, but never relinquishes his precepts. After months or years have passed, he returns to throw himself upon his master. Is he still a śrāmaṇera, or not? Should he merely repent of his fault, without needing to receive the precepts again?" Answer: "He is still a śrāmaṇera; he merely repents before his master. Since he originally did not relinquish the precepts, he must not receive them again; even if received, he would not obtain the precepts."