四分律刪繁補闕行事鈔 1.381

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第四，律云：當立受戒人，置眼見耳不聞處。若受戒人離見聞處，若在界外等，皆不名受具。恐聽羯磨故，著離聞處；猶恐非法，令僧眼見。《五分》中，以起過故，聽安戒壇外眼見處等。《四分》文云：界外問遮難等。今時受者，多在界內，理亦無傷，順上律文。《僧祇》云：教授師應將不近不遠處等。若多人共受者，應兩處安置：一多人行立，令望見僧，起敬重意；二將問難者，離僧及離沙彌行處，於中問緣。必在同處亦得，恐後問如前，心不尊重。應各令反披七條及衣鉢，在彼而立。

Fourth, the Vinaya states: One should position the person receiving the precepts in a place where they are seen by the eye but not heard by the ear. If the person receiving the precepts is separated from the place of sight and hearing, or outside the boundary, and so forth, none of this is termed receiving the full upasampadā. Fearing they might overhear the karman, they are placed beyond hearing; still fearing an uncanonical act, the saṃgha is made to keep them in sight. In the Pañcavargika[-vinaya], because faults arose, it was permitted to place them outside the ordination platform within sight, and so forth. The Dharmaguptaka text states: Inquiring about the obstacles outside the boundary, and so forth. Nowadays, recipients are mostly within the boundary, which in principle also does no harm, according with the aforementioned Vinaya text. The Mahāsāṃghika[-vinaya] states: The instructing master should lead them to a place neither near nor far, and so forth. If multiple people receive together, they should be arranged in two places: first, where multiple people walk and stand, so that they look upon the saṃgha and generate reverent thoughts; second, leading those to be interrogated about the obstacles away from the saṃgha and away from the śrāmaṇeras' walking place, to question them about the conditions therein. If they are in the same place, it is also permissible, but there is fear that subsequent questions will be treated as before, and their minds will not be reverent. Each should be made to wear the uttarāsaṅga in reverse, along with robes and bowl, standing there.