[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [四分律比丘含注戒本](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1806) › [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1806~en-mt) › 1.172 # 四分律比丘含注戒本 1.172 English (machine translation) 1.172 - **Language:** English ### [1.172](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1806~en-mt.1.172) If he initially accepts the words, it is a duṣkṛta. If he goes and conveys them without reporting back, it is a thullaccaya. If he returns and reports back, it is a saṃghāvaśeṣa. If he sends a messenger, or sends a letter, a finger-seal, or an overt gesture, depending on the number of matchmaking acts, once spoken clearly, with every going and returning there is a saṃghāvaśeṣa for each; if it is not clear, it is a thullaccaya. Excepting the two orifices, if he matchmakes by speaking of the other limbs and joints of the body, it is a thullaccaya. If he matchmakes for non-humans, paṇḍakas, or ubhatobyañjanakas, it is a thullaccaya. If he matchmakes for animals or human males \[with each other\], it is a duṣkṛta. If he carries another's letter and delivers it without reading it, or runs other errands for a layperson, it is a duṣkṛta. A bhikṣuṇī commits the same offenses. Exceptions where there is no offense: if a man and woman were formerly together, later separated, and are reunited; if, on account of parents being ill or imprisoned, he reads a letter and carries it to them; the same applies to faithful and energetic layfolk; the same also applies if acting as a messenger for the Buddha, the Dharma, or the bhikṣus. - [Previous: 1.171](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1806~en-mt.1.171) - [Next: 1.173](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1806~en-mt.1.173) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1806~en-mt.1) ## Linked texts (1) - [四分律比丘含注戒本](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1806.1.172) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1806~en-mt.1.172](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1806~en-mt.1.172) · Pramāṇa