四分律刪繁補闕行事鈔 2.490

2.490

The method of announcing to a pure bhikṣu (since the vinaya text is incomplete, it is formulated in accordance with the principle): fully assuming the proper deportment, he announces: “May the venerable Saṃgha listen! I, the bhikṣu so-and-so, have committed one saṃghāvaśeṣa offense of intentional emission (other offenses may be understood by analogy), without recalling the count, and concealed it for one night up to one hundred nights. I have requested from the Saṃgha the karman for one hundred nights of concealment, and the Saṃgha has granted me the karman for one hundred nights of concealment. I, the bhikṣu so-and-so, have already practiced for such-and-such number of days, and have such-and-such number of days remaining unpracticed; I announce to the Venerable to inform him that I am practicing [the penance for] concealment (recited three times).” If five or ten people gather together in one place, the practitioner announces collectively to them, saying: “May the Venerables listen! …” The remaining words are the same as above. If they do not all assemble, there is also no separate assembly; this is an individual's method of disclosure. If an eminent person of great virtue comes to the monastery, he should be accommodated in a room before announcing to him; it must not be done at the threshold of the gate, which would be flippant. The other announcements, such as that at the upoṣadha recitation, are entirely identical to the text above, changing only the days and the address to the Saṃgha.