梵網經菩薩戒本疏 5.100

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第七、通塞者。《地持戒》云：「若菩薩眾生求法，往至其所，欲得聞法。若菩薩嗔恨慳嫉，不為說者，是名為犯眾多犯，是犯染污起。若懶惰懈怠，犯非染污起。不犯者：外道求短；若重病；若狂；若知不說，令所彼調伏；若所修法未善通利；若知前人不能敬順，威儀不整；若彼鈍根聞深妙法，生怖畏心；若知聞已，增長邪見；若聞已，毀呰退沒；若彼聞已，向惡人說。」

Seventh, permissible and impermissible circumstances: The Bodhisattva-bhūmi Precepts state: 'If sentient beings seek the Dharma from a bodhisattva, going to his place wishing to hear the Dharma, and if the bodhisattva, out of anger, resentment, stinginess, or jealousy, does not explain it for them, this is called an offense of numerous offenses, which is an offense arising from affliction. If it is out of laziness and indolence, it is an offense not arising from affliction. It is not an offense if: tīrthikas seek faults; if one is gravely ill; if one is insane; if knowing that not speaking will tame them; if the Dharma one practices is not yet well mastered; if knowing that the other person cannot be respectful and compliant, and their deportment is untidy; if those of dull faculties would give rise to fear upon hearing the deep and wondrous Dharma; if knowing that having heard it, their perverse views will increase; if having heard it, they will disparage and regress; if having heard it, they will speak of it to evil persons.'