四分律刪繁補闕行事鈔 1.68

1.68

Second is called the teaching of conduct. This is confined solely to the internal assembly. It determines what to adopt and what to reject, establishes the regulatory net, reveals observance and transgression, and resolves doubts and deadlocks. Pointing to specific affairs, it proclaims them in detail, with texts that leave no need for second reading; in determining offenses with clear judgment, an affair may incur repeated penalties.