僧羯磨 2.31

2.31

The procedure for granting [parivāsa for] concealment (The Vinaya states: "If a bhikṣu commits a saṃghāvaśeṣa offense, but thinks he has committed a pārājika, a sthūlātyaya, or even a durbhāṣita, and conceals it, this is called not concealing [the saṃghāvaśeṣa]. If a bhikṣu commits a saṃghāvaśeṣa offense, and conceals it with the notion that it is a saṃghāvaśeṣa, he should be instructed to repent the duṣkṛta; after he repents, [parivāsa for] concealment should be granted to him. The same applies to offenses from pāyattika down to durbhāṣita. If he commits a saṃghāvaśeṣa, but does not remember the number of offenses or the number of days, he should be granted [parivāsa for] concealment [reckoned] from [the date of his last] purification up to the present. If he remembers the number of offenses but does not remember the number of days, he should likewise be granted [parivāsa for] concealment [reckoned] from [the date of his last] purification up to the present. If he remembers the number of days but does not remember the number of offenses, he should be granted [parivāsa for] concealment by counting the days. Doubt and absence of doubt, recognition and non-recognition, are also like this." That bhikṣu should observe the proper decorum in the saṃgha and make the request as follows:)