四分戒本疏卷第一．第二．第三 2.26

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The thirteenth precept: Resisting the Saṅgha and resisting admonition through an obstinate nature.
1. Purpose of the enactment: Human beings are not inherently omniscient; by principle, none can be good in isolation. One must rely on good spiritual friends to guide and instruct one another; only then can one leave faults behind, cultivate good, and obtain the benefit of leaving the world. Yet now Channa, with a deluded mind, committed wrongdoing and did not see his own faults. When others admonished him in accordance with the Dharma, he should by right have complied, but instead he relied upon superior persons and his own honorable status. Regarding himself as a teacher and respected friend to others, he wished to rectify the faults of the multitude, but in evaluating his own status, his conceit was excessively deep. For this reason the Sage enacted the precept.
2. Explanation of the name: It may be understood.
3. Specific conditions are six: (1) being unable to leave evil behind oneself, and intending to commit an offense; (2) good monks admonishing in accordance with the Dharma; (3) refusing to accept instruction and guidance, relying on oneself to domineer over others, and expecting others to regard oneself as a master and respect one; (4) admonishing in accordance with the Dharma; (5) resisting and not desisting; (6) the three karmavācanās being concluded.
4. Deficiencies in the conditions: They may be understood by analogy. This precept was enacted by the Buddha because the monk Channa committed faults through his obstinate nature in resisting admonition.