四分律刪繁補闕行事鈔 3.448

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獨入村四緣。一是俗人村。不問界內外，伽藍中俗人住處，獨入亦犯。《四分》：尼獨行詣村，隨所至村，僧殘；若空野無道處，一鼓聲間，亦僧殘；村中獨行一界，吉羅（約此，坊內、家內，獨行犯吉）。《僧祇》：若尼共伴行，至城邑界，當相去在申手內共過界；若在申手外過界，偷蘭。二者獨行。三無緣。四越界，犯。昔云：若欲入村，隨有橫道，但使越過便犯。諸部無文。準律云：若無界獨行，一鼓聲間，離伴見聞處，犯。若至村門，不待後伴，雙足入限，僧殘；若村中先有尼，不犯，以前尼為伴故。若出村，亦約門限為分齊，犯之得罪。

Entering a village alone has four conditions: first, it is a village of laypeople. Regardless of whether inside or outside a sīmā, entering alone into a dwelling place of laypeople within a saṃghārāma also constitutes an offense. The Dharmaguptaka Vinaya states: If a nun walks alone to a village, wherever she reaches the village, it is a saṃghāvaśeṣa; if in an empty wilderness without a road, within the distance of a drumbeat, it is also a saṃghāvaśeṣa; walking alone within a village past one sīmā is a duṣkṛta (based on this, walking alone within a ward or within a house incurs a duṣkṛta). The Mahāsāṃghika-vinaya states: If nuns travel together and reach the boundary of a city or town, they must cross the boundary together within an outstretched hand's distance of each other; if they cross the boundary beyond an outstretched hand's distance, it is a thullaccaya. Second, walking alone. Third, having no justifying circumstances. Fourth, crossing the boundary, she commits [an offense]. Formerly it was said: If wishing to enter a village, wherever there is a crossroad, merely crossing it constitutes an offense. The various lineages have no text [for this]. Basing on the Vinaya, it says: If walking alone where there is no boundary, within the distance of a drumbeat, leaving the companion's sight and hearing, she commits [an offense]. If reaching the village gate, not waiting for the companion behind, and both feet enter the threshold, it is a saṃghāvaśeṣa; if there are already nuns in the village, there is no offense, because she takes the preceding nuns as companions. If leaving the village, the door threshold is also taken as the limit; violating it incurs an offense.