佛祖統紀 3.90
English (machine translation) 3.90
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3.90
In the winter of the eighth year (dīnghài), the Buddha was in the country of Vaiśālī. Because Sudinna, a son of a merchant, upheld faith and left household life, but later returned to his native village to engage in impure conduct with his former mate ('former' means his former wife; 'mate' means pair/consort), the bhikṣus brought up the offense and reported it to the Buddha. The Buddha immediately gathered the assembly and rebuked him, saying: 'What you have done lacks deportment and pure conduct; it is what should not be done.' He began to institute the precept against unchastity, allowing that the first offender had not yet incurred guilt under a established rule (Mahāsaṅghika-vinaya).
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- 佛祖統紀 — 志磐, Classical Chinese