四分律刪繁補闕行事鈔 2.539

2.539

First, for intentional action. It is divided into two: first, repenting the duṣkṛta, as in the rite of relinquishment. One must not, because it has the same name of duṣkṛta, confess it together with the root offense; the Vinaya text itself divides the six categories and one must not conflate them. Next, confessing the root. Taking preliminary actions for the precept on sexual misconduct as an example, the rest follow this. First, one invites a confession master, the words being as in the nissaggiyapāyattika rite; after inviting three times, he then explains the offense names, varieties, and characteristics for him; third, releasing the offense proper, the text saying: "May the Venerable One attend! I, bhikṣu so-and-so, have committed remote preliminary duṣkṛtas to the precept on sexual misconduct, not recollecting the number. Now I disclose and confess them to the Venerable One; may the Venerable One remember me!" One recitation and it stops; the remaining words are the same as above. This text is not in the Dharmaguptaka. Now, taking the two confessions of pratideśanīya and pāyattika, they already have more or fewer differences; since duṣkṛta is the most minor, one cannot broadly recite the pāyattika rite. It is not like the Mahāsāṃghika, because there they combine them with pāyattika offenses.