僧羯磨 1.160

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善女人諦聽！如來、無所著、等正覺說四譬喻。若犯八事，如斷人頭已不可復起，如截多羅樹心不更生長，如針鼻決不堪復用，如大石析為二分不可還合；若比丘尼犯八重已，不可還成比丘尼行。汝是中盡形壽不得犯，能持不？（答言：）能。

"Good woman, listen closely! The Tathāgata, the Arhat, the Fully and Perfectly Awakened One has spoken four similes. If one commits the eight acts, it is like a severed human head that cannot be reattached, like a severed heart of a palm tree that will not grow again, like a broken eye of a needle that can no longer be used, and like a great stone split into two that cannot be joined back together. If a bhikṣuṇī commits the eight grave offences, she can never again attain the practice of a bhikṣuṇī. In this, to the end of your life you must not commit violation. Are you able to maintain it?" (She replies:) "I am able."