[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [緇門警訓](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2023) › 3.32 # 緇門警訓 3.32 緇門警訓 3.32 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2023.3.32) 事鈔尼眾篇云。善見佛初不度女人出家。為滅正法。五百年後為說八敬聽出家。依教行故。還得千年。今時不行隨處法滅。會正記云。佛成道後十四年。姨母求出家。佛不許度。阿難為陳三請。佛令慶喜傳八敬向說。若能行者聽汝出家。彼云。頂戴持。言八敬者。一者百歲比丘尼見初受戒比丘。當起迎送禮拜問訊請令坐。二者比丘尼不得罵謗比丘。三者不得舉比丘罪說其過失。比丘得說尼過。四者式叉摩那已學於戒。應從眾僧求受大戒。五者尼犯僧殘。應半月在二部僧中行摩那埵。六者尼半月內當於僧中求教授人。七者不應在無比丘處夏安居。八者夏訖當詣僧中求自恣人。如此八法應尊重恭敬讚歎。盡形不應違。 > The chapter on the bhikṣuṇī saṅgha in the Xingshi chao says: "The Sudarśana\[-vibhāṣā\] states that the Buddha initially did not permit women to go forth in order \[not\] to destroy the True Dharma. Five hundred years later, he taught the Eight Conditions of Respect and permitted them to go forth. Because they practiced according to the teachings, it was restored to one thousand years. Nowadays, this is not practiced, and so wherever one goes the Dharma is destroyed." The Huizheng ji states: "Fourteen years after the Buddha attained the Way, his maternal aunt sought to go forth. The Buddha did not allow her ordination. Ānanda presented three requests on her behalf. The Buddha instructed Qingxi (Ānanda) to convey the Eight Conditions of Respect and tell her, 'If you can practice these, you are permitted to go forth.' She said, 'I shall uphold them with the crown of my head.' As for the Eight Conditions of Respect: first, a bhikṣuṇī of one hundred years \[of seniority\], seeing a newly ordained bhikṣu, must rise, receive and see him off, pay homage, inquire after his health, and invite him to take a seat; second, a bhikṣuṇī must not revile or slander a bhikṣu; third, she must not cite a bhikṣu's infractions or speak of his faults, whereas a bhikṣu may speak of a bhikṣuṇī's faults; fourth, a śikṣamāṇā who has trained in the precepts must seek full ordination from the community of monks; fifth, a bhikṣuṇī who commits a saṅghāvaśeṣa must undergo mānatva for half a month in both orders; sixth, twice a month a bhikṣuṇī must seek an instructor from among the monks; seventh, she must not observe the summer retreat in a place where there are no bhikṣus; eighth, when the summer retreat ends, she must approach the community of monks to request an invitator for the pravāraṇā. These eight dharmas must be honored, respected, and praised; to the end of one's life they must not be violated." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2023.3.31) - [Next: 3.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2023.3.33) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2023.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2023~en-mt.3.32) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [翻譯名義集](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2131.1.250) — 法雲, Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2023.3.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2023.3.32) · Pramāṇa