[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) › [尼羯磨](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1810) › 3.121 # 尼羯磨 3.121 尼羯磨 3.121 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1810.3.121) 爾時世尊在瞻婆城伽伽池邊，白月十五日說戒時，於露地坐，與眾僧俱前後圍繞。時有比丘舉彼比丘見、聞、疑罪，當舉罪時，彼比丘乃作餘語答，便起瞋恚。佛告諸比丘：「應審定問彼人。彼人於佛法中無所堪任，無所增長，譬如農夫田苗稊稗參生，苗葉相類不別而為妨害，乃至秀實，方知非穀之異。既知非穀，即耘除根本。何以故？恐害善苗故。比丘亦復如是，有惡比丘行來坐起，攝持衣鉢，如善比丘不別，乃至不出罪；時既出其罪，方知比丘中稊稗之異。既知其異，應和合為作滅擯除之。何以故？恐妨善比丘故。譬如農夫治穀，當風簁揚，好穀留聚其下，秕𦮽隨風除之。何以故？恐污好穀故。如是惡比丘行來入出，如善比丘不別，乃至不出罪；時既出其罪，方知比丘中秕𦮽穢惡。既知已，應和合為作滅擯除之。譬如有人須木作井欄，從城中出，手捉利斧，往彼林中遍扣諸樹，若是實中者，其聲貞實；若是空中者，其聲虛而㽄。而彼空樹根莖枝葉如貞實者不異，至於扣時，方知內空；既知內空，即便斬伐，截落枝葉，先去麁樸，然後釿剗細治，內外俱淨，以作井欄。如是惡比丘行來出入，攝持衣鉢，威儀如善比丘不異，乃至不出罪；時既出其罪，方知沙門中垢穢稊稗空樹。若知已，即應和合作滅擯。何以故？恐妨害善比丘故。」而說偈言： > At that time, the World-Honoured One was in Campā by the side of the Gaggara Pool. At the time of the poṣadha on the fifteenth day of the bright half of the month, he was seated in the open air, surrounded before and behind together with the saṃgha. At that time, a bhikṣu reproved another bhikṣu for an offence based on seeing, hearing, or suspicion. When the offence was being reproved, that bhikṣu spoke evasively in reply and then gave rise to anger. The Buddha told the bhikṣus, "You should question that person with careful deliberation. That person is incompetent in the Buddha's Dharma and has no growth \[therein\]. Just as when weeds and tares grow intermingled with a farmer's crop of sprouts, their sprouts and leaves resemble one another indistinguishably yet cause harm, until they head and bear fruit, when one only then knows their difference from grain; having known that they are not grain, he immediately weeds them out by the roots. Why? Because he fears they will harm the good crop. A bhikṣu is also like this: an evil bhikṣu walks, stands, sits, and lies down, and holds his robes and bowl, indistinguishable from a good bhikṣu, until his offence is exposed; when his offence is exposed, one only then knows his difference as a weed or tare among the bhikṣus. Having known his difference, \[the saṃgha\] should, in concord, carry out permanent expulsion (nāśanā) to remove him. Why? Because they fear he will obstruct the good bhikṣus. Just as when a farmer winnows grain facing the wind, the good grain remains gathered below, while the chaff and husks are removed following the wind. Why? Because he fears they will spoil the good grain. In this way, an evil bhikṣu walks, comes, enters, and leaves, indistinguishable from a good bhikṣu, until his offence is exposed; when his offence is exposed, one only then knows his foul defilement as chaff and husks among the bhikṣus. Having known this, \[the saṃgha\] should, in concord, carry out permanent expulsion to remove him. Just as when someone requires timber to make a well-frame, he goes out of the city, holding a sharp axe in his hand, goes to that forest, and strikes all the trees everywhere; if a tree is solid inside, its sound is firm and solid; if it is hollow inside, its sound is empty and brittle. Yet the roots, trunks, branches, and leaves of that hollow tree are no different from those of a solid one, until, when struck, one only then knows it is hollow inside; having known it is hollow inside, he immediately fells it, cuts off its branches and leaves, first removes the rough bark, and then planes and hews it with fine workmanship, making it clean inside and out, to make a well-frame. In this way, an evil bhikṣu walks, comes, enters, leaves, and holds his robes and bowl, his deportment being no different from a good bhikṣu, until his offence is exposed; when his offence is exposed, one only then knows he is a hollow tree, defilement, weed, and tare among śramaṇas. If they know this, they should immediately, in concord, carry out permanent expulsion. Why? Because they fear he will hinder and harm the good bhikṣus." And he spoke a verse, saying: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1810.3.120) - [Next: 3.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1810.3.122) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1810.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1810~en-mt.3.121) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [四分律](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.vinaya.other-vinayas.dharmaguptaka*zh-buddhayasas.60.8) — Classical Chinese - [僧羯磨](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1809.3.145) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1810.3.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1810.3.121) · Pramāṇa