尼羯磨 3.106

3.106

The Buddha addressed the monk Kāśyapa: "If a senior monk neither trains in the precepts nor praises the precepts, and if other monks take pleasure in training in the precepts and praising the precepts, he is also unable to encourage and praise them at the proper time. Monk Kāśyapa! I do not praise such a senior monk. Why? If I praise him, it would cause monks to associate with him; if they associate with him, it would cause others to learn his ways; if they learn his ways, they will suffer for a long night. Therefore, monk Kāśyapa, seeing the faults of such a senior monk, I do not praise him." (If it is a middle-ranking monk or a junior monk, it is also like this. Next, for senior, middle-ranking, and junior monks who are in accordance with the Dharma, the statements are the reverse of the above.)