四分律刪繁補闕行事鈔 3.422

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初明來往是非者。《四分》云：若作本法已，即日往大僧中，不者犯罪。有人就尼寺與受戒者，不成。《薩婆多師資傳》云：非法，不成。如端正難緣，尚自遣信；此無難緣，縱有不合。有人就尼寺外，結界而受者，律無定決；然情為尼故來，非法有罪；若判得戒，亦可通之。問：尼得僧寺作本法不？答：如《明了論》：僧界中為尼立界，令尼作法；依式結界而受，理得無過。問：本法人名作何等？有戒以不？答：但是戒緣，未發具足，而律中名為比丘尼也。

First, explaining the propriety of traveling back and forth: The *Dharmaguptaka* states: Having completed the fundamental procedure, she must proceed to the bhikṣu-saṃgha on the very same day; failure to do so is an offense. If someone goes to the nunnery to confer the precepts on them, it is invalid. The *Sarvāstivāda Lineage Record* states: It is un-Dharmic and invalid. Just as when there are dangerous conditions regarding physical beauty, one may still send a messenger; but here there are no dangerous conditions, so even if done, it does not conform to the rules. If someone demarcates a boundary outside the nunnery and confers them there, the Vinaya has no definitive resolution; however, because one came out of partiality for the nuns, it is un-Dharmic and incurs an offense; but if judged by whether she obtains the precepts, it may also be accepted. Question: May a nun perform the fundamental procedure in a monks' monastery? Answer: As the *Vinayavibhāṣā* states: within the bhikṣus' boundary, establish a boundary for the nuns and have the nuns perform the ritual; receiving it by demarcating the boundary according to the prescribed form is logically acceptable and faultless. Question: What is the candidate who has completed the fundamental procedure called? Does she possess the precepts or not? Answer: It is merely a condition for the precepts; the full precepts have not yet arisen, yet in the Vinaya she is called a bhikṣuṇī.