尼羯磨 2.99

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Procedure for Requesting a Confession Master: (One who wishes to confess then requests a pure bhikṣuṇī within the saṃgha to serve as confession master. One must not confess to an offender, nor may an offender receive another's confession; that bhikṣuṇī must go to a pure bhikṣuṇī. If all the saṃgha have committed offences and none may receive confession, if there is a visiting bhikṣuṇī who arrives pure and free from offence, she should go to her and confess; if no visiting bhikṣuṇī arrives, two or three persons should immediately be deputed to go to a nearby pure assembly to confess. These bhikṣuṇīs should return to their residence, and the various bhikṣuṇīs of that residence should confess to these pure nuns. Performing the proper deportment, she makes the request in this manner:)