四分律刪繁補闕行事鈔 3.438

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五自恣法。《四分》：尼夏安居竟，聽差一比丘尼，為尼僧故，往大僧中說自恣。當白二差之，文如常也，又差二三人為伴。往大僧中，禮足已，曲身低頭合掌，作如是語：「比丘尼僧夏安居竟，比丘僧夏安居竟。比丘尼僧，說三事自恣，見、聞、疑；大德慈愍故，語我；我若見罪，當如法懺悔（三說。僧中上座告勅，如上〈自恣〉中）」。彼尼受教已，當於明日，尼自恣時，鳴椎，尼僧集已；如前教誡中，白尼僧，傳自恣時大僧所告之語，乃至諸尼頂戴訖；依上大僧自恣法，然後散去。

Fifth, the pravāraṇā method. The *Dharmaguptaka* states: When the nuns have concluded the rains retreat, it is permitted to delegate one bhikṣuṇī to go among the great monks on behalf of the community of nuns to declare pravāraṇā. She should be delegated through a jñaptidvitīyā-karman, the text being as usual, and delegate two or three people as companions. Going among the great monks, having paid homage at their feet, she bows her body, lowers her head, joins her palms, and speaks thus: "The bhikṣuṇī-saṃgha has completed the rains retreat, and the bhikṣu-saṃgha has completed the rains retreat. The bhikṣuṇī-saṃgha declares pravāraṇā in three matters: what is seen, what is heard, and what is suspected. May the Venerable Ones, out of compassion, speak to me; if I see an offense, I shall confess it according to the Dharma (spoken three times; the elder among the monks delivers instructions, as in the chapter on Pravāraṇā above)." That nun, having received the instruction, on the following day when the nuns perform pravāraṇā, strikes the wooden sounding-block; when the nuns' saṃgha has assembled, as in the previous instruction, she announces to the nuns' saṃgha and conveys the words spoken by the great monks at the time of pravāraṇā, down to all the nuns receiving it atop their heads; following the method of pravāraṇā of the great monks above, they then disperse.