僧羯磨 3.69

3.69

Procedure for granting the Covering-with-Grass Vinaya (tṛṇaprastāraka-vinaya): (The bhikṣus thought: "We have committed many precepts contrary to the standard of a śramaṇa, both acting and speaking, going in and out without limit. If we were to cross-examine one another about these matters in detail, it might cause this dispute to become increasingly grave, lasting for months and years, so that we cannot extinguish the dispute in accordance with the Dharma, the Vinaya, and what the Buddha taught, causing the saṃgha not to have peace." The Buddha said: "You should extinguish this dispute just as grass covers the ground.")