四分律刪繁補闕行事鈔 1.273

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蘭若之中，亦有斯過。妄指山谷，濫委樹林；及至分齊，曾何得知？結並不成，一何自負。故《明了論》中：結水波別住，一丈五尺，以石次之，周匝安已，便隨石唱。《善見》亦云：曼石不得。並是明文，不容濫述，自陷陷人。脫作受法不成，令他一生虛過；自身未來，還逢此界。故《大集》言：我滅度後，無戒比丘滿閻浮提。斯言驗矣。

In an araṇya there are also such faults. One recklessly points to mountains and valleys, and carelessly assigns trees and groves; when it comes to the precise limits, how could they ever be known? The demarcation entirely fails to be accomplished—how self-defeating! Therefore, in the Vinayavibhāṣā: when demarcating a water-wave separate boundary of fifteen feet, stones were arranged in succession, and having placed them all around, one then chanted following the stones. The Samantapāsādikā also says: loose, rounded stones are not permitted. These are all clear texts; one must not allow careless statements that ruin both oneself and others. If a rite of upasampadā fails to be accomplished, it causes the other person to spend their whole life in vain; and in the future, one will oneself encounter such a invalid sīmā. Therefore the Mahāsaṃnipāta-sūtra says: 'After my parinirvāṇa, bhikṣus without precepts will fill Jambudvīpa.' These words are indeed verified.