四分律刪繁補闕行事鈔 3.453

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次明諸要行，勿過八敬。《善見》：佛初不度女人出家，為滅正法五百年；後為說八敬，聽出家，依教行故，還得千年；今時不行，隨處法滅；故須勵意。今列其名：一者百歲比丘尼，見初受戒比丘，當起迎逆、禮拜、問訊、請令坐。二比丘尼不得罵謗比丘。三不得舉比丘罪，說其過失；比丘得說尼過。四式叉摩那，已學於戒，應從眾僧求受大戒。五尼犯僧殘，應半月在二部僧中行摩那埵。六尼半月內，當於僧中求教授人。七不應在無比丘處夏安居。八夏訖，當詣僧中求自恣人。如此八法，應尊重恭敬讚歎，盡形不應違。

Next, explaining essential practices, none surpasses the eight gurudharmas. The Samantapāsādikā states: When the Buddha initially did not ordain women to leave household life, it was because it would cause the True Dharma to decrease by five hundred years; later, having spoken the eight gurudharmas for them, he permitted them to leave household life, and because they practiced in accordance with the teaching, it returned to a full thousand years; now when these are not practiced, the Dharma is extinguished everywhere; therefore one must exert one's mind. Now their names are listed: First, a bhikṣuṇī of a hundred years, seeing a bhikṣu who has just received the precepts, must rise to greet him, pay homage, inquire after his health, and invite him to sit. Second, a bhikṣuṇī must not revile or slander a bhikṣu. Third, she must not raise the offenses of a bhikṣu or speak of his faults; a bhikṣu is permitted to speak of a bhikṣuṇī's faults. Fourth, a śikṣamāṇā who has trained in the precepts must seek full ordination from the saṃgha of monks. Fifth, a bhikṣuṇī who commits a saṃghāvaśeṣa must undergo mānatva for half a month in both orders of the saṃgha. Sixth, a bhikṣuṇī, within each half-month, must seek an instructor from among the saṃgha. Seventh, she should not spend the summer varṣā in a place where there are no bhikṣus. Eighth, when the summer is ended, she must go before the saṃgha to seek a pavāraṇā officiant. These eight dharmas should be respected, revered, and praised; through to the end of one's life, they should not be violated.