四分律刪繁補闕行事鈔 2.508

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第二小眾者。《十誦》：四人為小眾，若受他懺，則無單白，止得口問邊人。《四分》〈滅諍〉中，小眾者，二三人也。縱有四人，止同小法；以《僧祇》正斷五人為捨墮故，如上卷所明。立法有七，須乞懺法（同上餘者）：初明請懺主，一如大眾。二受懺者問邊人取和，比捨墮中。三為說罪名、種、相。四正捨罪，其詞曰：「大德一心念！我某甲比丘，犯摩觸女人身上衣偷蘭遮，不憶數（憶者言之），今向大德發露，不敢覆藏……」餘詞如常所述。五呵責。六立誓。並同上。

Second, the small assembly. The Daśādhyāya-vinaya states: four persons make a small assembly; if receiving another's repentance, there is no simple motion, and one merely verbally asks those nearby. In the 'Settlement of Disputes' of the Dharmaguptaka Vinaya, a small assembly is two or three persons. Even if there are four persons, they only conform to a minor rite; because the Mahāsāṃghika-vinaya precisely decides five persons for a nissaggiya pācittiya, as explained in the preceding fascicle. In establishing the rite there are seven parts, where one must request the repentance procedure (the rest are the same as above): First, explaining the invitation of the repentance master, entirely like that of the great assembly. Second, the one receiving repentance asks those nearby to obtain harmony, comparing to that in nissaggiya pācittiya. Third, explaining the name, type, and characteristics of the offense. Fourth, the actual renunciation of the offense, its text reading: 'May the venerable one be single-mindedly mindful! I, bhikṣu so-and-so, have committed the thullaccaya of touching a woman's clothing on her body, not remembering the count (if remembered, state it), and now disclose before the venerable one, not daring to conceal it...' The rest of the words are as ordinarily described. Fifth, the reprimand. Sixth, making the vow. Both are the same as above.