釋迦譜 2.5

2.5

（彌沙塞律出。大愛道出家受行八敬事事同大愛道因阿難問佛。愛道受八敬。即得具足戒。不知諸釋女五百人云何。佛言。將往大僧中十眾。大愛道作和上羯磨。與受具足。三人一受。不得四人。大方便經云。天魔波旬。及諸邪見長夜惡邪執著邪論毀佛法僧。是故如來。不聽女人樂入佛法。佛姨母憍曇彌三請不聽。憂悲苦惱阿難為請。過去諸佛具四部眾。而如來獨不具耶。佛言。阿難。若憍曇彌。發大精進修八敬法。聽入佛法。憍曇彌心大歡喜。佛言。未來世中。若有比丘尼及諸女人。常當至心念阿難恩。稱名供養。阿難以大威神。應聲護助）。

(Extracted from the Mahīśāsaka Vinaya: Mahāprajāpatī's leaving home and receiving the practice of the eight dharmas of respect is in every matter the same. Mahāprajāpatī, through Ānanda, asked the Buddha: "Prajāpatī having received the eight dharmas of respect has thereby obtained the full ordination. I do not know how it should be for the five hundred Śākya women." The Buddha said, "Lead them to an assembly of ten within the Great Saṅgha. Mahāprajāpatī shall serve as the upādhyāyikā and perform the karmavācanā, giving them the full ordination. Three persons may receive it at one time; it may not be four persons." The *Da fangbian jing* says: "Māra Pāpīyān and those of various wrong views, in the long night of evil and heterodoxy, cling to false doctrines and slander the Buddha, Dharma, and Saṅgha. Therefore the Tathāgata did not permit women to gladly enter the Buddha's Dharma. The Buddha's maternal aunt Gautamī made three requests and was not permitted; in sorrow, grief, and suffering, Ānanda pleaded on her behalf: 'The Buddhas of the past were fully endowed with the fourfold assembly; why should the Tathāgata alone not be fully endowed?' The Buddha said, 'Ānanda, if Gautamī arouses great vigor to cultivate the eight dharmas of respect, she is permitted to enter the Buddha's Dharma.' Gautamī's mind was greatly delighted. The Buddha said, 'In future ages, if there are bhikṣuṇīs and women, they should always with an utmost mind be mindful of Ānanda's kindness, invoke his name, and make offerings to him. Ānanda, through his great supernatural power, will respond to their voices and protect and assist them.'")