佛祖統紀 42.32

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42.32

The Commentary states: According to the *Brief History of the Sangha*, taking the Mahāyāna Vaipulya [precepts] does not depend on lacking faculties or having deficient conditions; so long as one generates the great aspiration, all are able to receive them. When the monks and nuns were laicized during the Huichang suppression, how could they have been without faults? They were first made to repent their offenses and then elevate their precept rank. Had it not been for the Vaipulya [precepts], how could they have been permitted to receive them again?

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佛祖統紀 — 志磐, Classical Chinese