四分律行事鈔資持記 3.1097

3.1097

要行中，初科，《善見》本緣。如來成道十四年，姨母求出家，佛不許度。以正法千年，若度減半，故不聽之。阿難三請。佛令傳八敬向說，若能行者，聽汝出家。彼云：頂戴持，即得戒也。今下，斥時誡勵。

Under 'Essential Practices', the first passage gives the root narrative from the Samantapāsādikā. Fourteen years after the Tathāgata attained awakening, his maternal aunt requested to go forth, but the Buddha did not grant permission for her ordination. Because the True Dharma was to last a thousand years, and would be halved if she were ordained, he therefore did not grant permission. Ānanda petitioned three times. The Buddha instructed him to convey and explain the eight gurudharmas to her, [saying] that if she could practice them, she would be permitted to go forth. She said, 'I shall uphold them with head bowed,' and she thereby received the precepts. Below 'Now', it rebukes the times and gives admonition.