尼羯磨 2.198

2.198

Procedure for the karman on prevarication: (If there is a bhikṣuṇī who commits an offence, and the bhikṣuṇīs ask her, 'Do you yourself know whether you have committed an offence or not?' and she immediately replies to the bhikṣuṇīs with irrelevant matters: 'To whom are you speaking? What matter are you talking about? What principle are you discussing? Are you speaking to me? To whom are you speaking? Who committed an offence? From what did the offence arise? I do not see any offence! Why do you say I have an offence?' The Buddha said: 'From this day forth, after making a jñapti, she shall be formally designated as prevaricating.' One should make the jñapti thus:)