釋氏要覽 2.27

2.27

The Dharmaguptaka-vinaya states: You bhikṣus, having gone forth in my Dharma, should show mutual reverence, so that the Buddha-Dharma may spread. ○ The Vinayamātṛkā states: The Buddha said, "After my parinirvāṇa, you should practice the Dharma relying on the prātimokṣa, each humbling yourselves and eliminating arrogance." ○ The Prātimokṣa-sūtra states: If a bhikṣu is not reverent, he commits a prāyaścittika offense. ○ The Bodhisattvabhūmi states: If one sees someone elder in years and superior in merit and virtue, one should rise, welcome them, pay homage, and greet them. If one sees someone whose virtue equals one's own, [one should take the initiative to inquire and greet them, with humble and gentle words, generating no pride or arrogance. If one sees someone whose years and virtue are less than one's own, one should take the initiative with gentle words, the mind not despising them; even if they have faults, one never mocks or derides them].