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尼羯磨 3.15

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3.15

The procedure for admonishing against slandering the saṃgha and encouraging living in association: (At that time, after the two bhikṣuṇīs living in association had been admonished by the saṃgha, the group of six bhikṣuṇīs instructed them, saying, "You should live together. Why? I also see other bhikṣuṇīs living together, closely associating, together committing evil deeds, spreading bad reputations, and concealing each other's offences. The saṃgha, out of anger, instructs you to live apart." The Buddha said, "I allow the saṃgha to carry out a jñapticaturtha-karman of rebuke against the group of six bhikṣuṇīs." A bhikṣuṇī should admonish those bhikṣuṇīs, saying:)

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