自恣法第六
Chapter 6: The Practice of Invitation
尼僧差往大僧中受自恣人羯磨文(比丘尼僧夏安居竟，應往大僧中受自恣，故今須差此使為尼僧詣大僧中求受自恣。應如是差。)
Procedure for Selecting the Nun to Go Before the Monastic Community to Request the Invitation (Pavāraṇā)
(After the rainy season retreat (summer retreat) has ended, the Bhikkhunī (nun) community must go before the Bhikkhu (monk) community to request the invitation. Therefore, an emissary must be appointed from among the nuns to go to the Bhikkhu community on behalf of the Bhikkhunī community to seek the invitation. The procedure for appointing this emissary is as follows.)
大姊僧聽！若僧時到僧忍聽，僧今差比丘尼某甲，為比丘尼僧故，往大僧中說三事自恣：見、聞、疑。白如是。
Sisters in the Sangha, please listen. If the Sangha is ready and it is agreed, the Sangha now appoints a specific Bhikkhuni to go on behalf of the Bhikkhuni Sangha to the Bhikkhu Sangha and report three matters for confession: what we have seen, heard, or suspected. This is the declaration.
大姊僧聽！僧今差比丘尼某甲，為比丘尼僧故往大僧中，說三事自恣：見、聞、疑。誰諸大姊忍僧差比丘尼某甲，為比丘尼僧故，往大僧中說三事自恣：見、聞、疑者默然，誰不忍者說。僧已忍差比丘尼某甲，為比丘尼僧故，往大僧中說三事自恣竟。僧忍，默然故，是事如是持。
Attention, venerable sisters. The monastic community has now appointed a specific nun to go before the full community of monks and report on three matters of self-reflection: what she has seen, heard, or suspected.
If any venerable sister agrees with the monastic community appointing this nun to go before the monks and report on these three matters of self-reflection — what she has seen, heard, or suspected — please remain silent. If anyone disagrees, please speak now.
The monastic community has already agreed to appoint this nun for this purpose. The matter is settled. Because the community has remained silent in agreement, this decree shall be upheld.
往大僧中受自恣文(差人為伴，往大僧中禮僧足已，曲身低頭，合掌，作如是說：)
"The Procedure for Requesting Self-Censure within the Great Sangha"
(Having chosen a companion, proceed to the Great Sangha. After paying homage to the feet of the monks, bow slightly with lowered head, bring your palms together, and speak respectfully as follows:)
比丘尼僧夏安居竟，比丘僧夏安居竟，比丘尼僧說三事自恣：見、聞、疑。大德慈愍故語我，我若見罪，當如法懺悔。(如是三說。)
The bhikkhunīs have completed their rains retreat, and the bhikkhus have likewise completed theirs. Now the bhikkhunī community proclaims their threefold purification: what has been seen, what has been heard, and what is suspected. Out of compassion, venerable ones, please speak to me. If I have committed any offense, I will confess it properly according to the Dharma. (This is recited three times.)
彼即比丘僧自恣日便自恣，而皆疲極。佛言：「不應爾。若比丘僧十四日自恣，比丘尼僧十五日自恣。」若大僧病、若眾不和合、若眾不滿，比丘尼應遣信禮拜問訊；不者，突吉羅。若比丘尼僧病、若眾不和合、若眾不滿，比丘僧亦當遣信禮拜問訊；不者，突吉羅。(其至大僧中受自恣人還，共尼僧作自恣。其自恣一與上大僧同。)
If the monks become exhausted from all performing the Pavāraṇā ceremony together on the same day, the Buddha said: "This should not be done. If the monks perform the Pavāraṇā on the fourteenth day, the nuns should perform it on the fifteenth day."
If the senior monks are ill, if the monastic community is not in harmony, or if the quorum is not complete, the nuns should send a messenger to pay respects and inquire after their health. If they fail to do so, it is a Dukkaṭa offense. Similarly, if the nuns' community is ill, not in harmony, or incomplete, the monks should send a messenger to pay respects and inquire after their health. If they fail to do so, it is also a Dukkaṭa offense. (The messenger who goes to the monks to receive the Pavāraṇā returns and performs the ceremony together with the nuns. The procedures for this Pavāraṇā are the same as those described above for the monks.)