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又智度論云。佛法中出家人。雖破戒墮罪。罪畢得解脫。如優鉢羅華比丘尼本生經中說。佛在世時此比丘尼。得六神通獲阿羅漢果。入貴人舍常讚出家法。語諸貴人婦女言。姊妹可出家。諸貴婦女言。我等少壯容色盛美。持戒為難。或當破戒。比丘尼言。破戒便破但出家。問言。破戒當墮地獄。云何可破。答言。墮地獄便墮。諸貴婦女笑之言。地獄受罪云何可墮。比丘尼言。我自憶念。本宿世時作戲女。著種種衣服而說雜語。或時著比丘尼衣。以為戲笑。以是因緣故。迦葉佛時作比丘尼。自恃貴姓端正。心生憍慢而破禁戒。故墮地獄受種種罪。受罪畢竟值釋迦牟尼佛。出家得阿羅漢道。雖復破戒可得道果。復次如佛在祇桓。有一醉婆羅門。來到佛所求作比丘。佛勅阿難與剃頭著法衣。醉酒既醒。驚怖己身忽為比丘。即便走去。諸比丘問佛。何以聽此醉婆羅門作比丘。佛言。此婆羅門無量劫中。都無出家心。今因醉故暫發微心。以此因緣故後當出家得道。如是種種因緣。出家之利功德無量。以是故白衣雖有五戒。不如出家功德大也。

Furthermore, the *Mahāprajñāpāramitopadeśa* (Zhidu lun) states: Those who have gone forth in the Buddha's Dharma, although they break the precepts and fall into sin, when the retribution for the sin is exhausted, they attain liberation. As is said in the *Jātaka of the Nun Utpalavarṇā*: When the Buddha was in the world, this nun attained the six supernormal knowledges and achieved the fruit of an arhat. Entering the households of the noble, she constantly praised the teaching of going forth, saying to the noblewomen: "Sisters, you may go forth." The noblewomen said: "We are young and vigorous, with lush and beautiful complexions. Upholding the precepts is difficult; we might perhaps break the precepts." The nun said: "If you break the precepts, then break them; just go forth." They asked, saying: "If one breaks the precepts, one will fall into hell; how can they be broken?" She replied, saying: "If you fall into hell, then fall." The noblewomen laughed at her and said: "One suffers punishment in hell; how could one fall into it?" The nun said: "I recall myself that in a past life I was an actress. Wearing various garments, I spoke miscellaneous words, and sometimes wore the robes of a nun as a playful jest. By these causes and conditions, at the time of Kāśyapa Buddha, I became a nun. Relying on my noble family and beauty, arrogance arose in my mind, and I broke the prohibitive precepts. Therefore, I fell into hell and suffered various punishments. When the retribution for sin was ended, I encountered Śākyamuni Buddha, went forth, and attained the path of an arhat. Although one breaks the precepts, one may still attain the fruit of the Way. Furthermore, when the Buddha was at the Jetavana, there was a drunken brāhmaṇa who came to the Buddha's place and sought to become a monk. The Buddha instructed Ānanda to shave his head and dress him in the Dharma robes. When the intoxication cleared, he was alarmed and terrified that his own body had suddenly become a monk, and he immediately ran away. The monks asked the Buddha: 'Why did you allow this drunken brāhmaṇa to become a monk?' The Buddha said: 'Throughout immeasurable kalpas, this brāhmaṇa had no mind to go forth at all. Now, because of intoxication, he temporarily gave rise to a slight thought [of it]. Through this cause and condition, he will in the future go forth and attain the Way.' Due to such various causes and conditions, the benefit and merit of going forth are immeasurable. For this reason, although the white-robed [laity] have the five precepts, their merit is not as great as that of going forth."