受六法壇文第五(若沙彌尼初來，應教次第頭面禮僧足已，次第應求和上尼。戒師教言)
Receiving the Platform Text of the Six Dharmas, Part Five
「大德憶念！我沙彌尼某甲求尊為和上尼，願尊為我某甲作和上尼。我某甲因和上尼故，僧與我某甲二歲學戒。」(如是三說)一比丘尼應問和上尼：「能為某甲作和上不？」(答能。即應將至戒場上，著見處離聞處。爾時應問)
"Venerable One, please be mindful. I, the novice nun [Name], request you to be my preceptress. I pray that you will serve as my preceptress. Because of you as my preceptress, let the Sangha grant me, [Name], the two-year training in the precepts." (This is to be said three times.) One nun should then ask the preceptress: "Are you willing to act as preceptress for [Name]?" (She should answer: "I am willing." She should then lead her to the platform, placing her in a visible place but beyond hearing distance. At that time, one should ask.)
「僧和合不？僧一心和合當作僧事。和上尼某甲，沙彌尼某甲，僧當與二歲學戒。」(如是三說。若僧一心和合者，應喚沙彌尼來，教頭面一一禮僧足已，次應教令從僧乞二歲學戒，作如是說)「大德尼僧聽！我沙彌尼某甲，因和上尼某甲，從僧乞二歲學戒，和上尼某甲。僧當與我某甲二歲學戒，和上尼某甲。慈愍故。」(如是三乞。即時戒師應僧中唱)
"Are the nuns in harmony and unity? If they are of one heart and one mind, it is appropriate to conduct monastic business. My preceptor, Nun So-and-so, and I, the Novice Nun So-and-so, request that the community grant me the two-year training in the precepts."
(This should be said three times.)
If the community is in harmony and unity, the novice nun should be called forward and instructed to respectfully bow her head to the feet of each nun. Then, she should be guided to formally request the two-year training from the community, saying:
"Honored Nuns, please hear me! I, the Novice Nun So-and-so, under my preceptor Nun So-and-so, request from the community the two-year training in the precepts, with Nun So-and-so as my preceptor. May the community grant me, So-and-so, this training. Out of compassion, please."
(This request should be made three times. Immediately, the preceptor should announce it within the community.)
「大德尼僧聽！沙彌尼某甲，因和上尼某甲，從僧乞二歲學戒，和上尼某甲。若僧時到僧忍聽，僧當與某甲二歲學戒，和上尼某甲。如是白。」
"Venerable monastics, please listen. The novice nun by the name of [Name] is requesting, through her preceptor nun [Name], from the community a two-year probationary training period. Her preceptor is nun [Name]. If the community is ready and willing to consent, it should grant [Name] this two-year training period under the guidance of her preceptor nun [Name]. This is the formal proposal."
「大德尼僧聽！沙彌尼某甲，從和上尼某甲，從僧乞二歲學戒，和上尼某甲。僧今與某甲二歲學戒，和上尼某甲。誰諸長老忍與某甲二歲學戒，和上尼某甲，忍者是長老默然；誰不忍者便說。是初羯磨成就不？」(如是三說)
我的尊师比丘尼们，请听：
新学比丘尼[名字]，依止她的戒师比丘尼[名字]，向僧团请求两年的学法戒期。她的戒师是比丘尼[名字]。
僧团如今授予她两年的学法戒期，她的戒师是比丘尼[名字]。
诸位尊长，如果你们赞同授予[名字]两年学法戒期，以[名字]为戒师，请保持沉默；如果不赞同，请提出。
这是第一次羯磨，是否通过？
(如此重复三次)
「僧已忍與某甲二歲學戒竟，和上尼某甲。僧忍，默然故，是事如是持。」(即時為式叉摩尼說六法也)
"The Saṅgha has agreed to grant the probationary period of two years' training for this woman, with the Bhikkhunī preceptor as her guide. The Saṅgha remains silent, and therefore this matter is resolved as such." (Then the six rules for a sikkhamānā are immediately explained to her.)
「汝某甲聽！佛世尊多陀阿伽度、阿羅訶、三藐三佛陀知者見者，說戒式叉摩尼六法。汝式叉摩尼盡壽受持。
「佛種種因緣呵欲欲想、欲欲覺、欲欲熱，讚歎斷欲、除欲想、滅欲熱。若式叉摩尼同入學法中，不捨戒、戒羸不出相，隨心想受婬欲乃至共畜生，是非式叉摩尼、非沙門尼、非釋女，失滅式叉摩尼法。是事盡壽不應犯，汝能持不？(答能)
「佛種種因緣呵責偷奪法，讚歎不偷奪法，乃至一條線、一寸納、一渧油分齊尚不應犯。是中佛制極少乃至五錢若五錢直。若式叉摩尼隨所偷奪事，若王捉、若殺、若打、若縛、若擯出、若輸金罪，若作是言：『汝賊、汝小兒、汝癡、汝墮官罪。』若式叉摩尼如是偷奪者，是非式叉摩尼、非沙門尼、非釋女，失滅式叉摩尼法。是事盡壽不應犯，汝能持不？(答能)
「佛種種因緣呵責殺生，讚歎不殺，乃至蟻子尚不應殺，何況於人。若式叉摩尼故奪人命，若持刀與、若教死、歎死作如是言：『咄！人用惡活為？死勝生。』隨彼心樂死，種種因緣教死歎死，若作憂多殺、若頭多殺、作弶作網作撥，若作毘陀羅殺、若似毘陀羅殺、若斷氣殺、若墮胎殺、若按腹殺，若推著火中水中、若從高推下、若遣使道中死，乃至母腹中初得二根身根命根歌羅羅中生，惡心方便令奪其命。從是因緣死者，是非式叉摩尼、非沙門尼、非釋女，失滅式叉摩尼法。是事盡壽不應犯，汝能持不？」(答能)
「佛種種因緣呵責妄語，讚歎不妄語，乃至戲笑尚不應妄語，何況故妄語。若式叉摩尼不知不見空無過人法，自言我如是知如是見，我得須陀洹果乃至阿羅漢果，我得初禪二禪三禪，我得慈悲喜捨、無量空處識處無所有處非想非非想處定，我得不淨觀、阿那般那念；諸天來至我所，諸龍、夜叉、薜荔伽、毘舍闍、鳩槃茶、羅剎等來至我所，彼問我答、我問彼答。若式叉摩尼如是妄語者，是非式叉摩尼、非沙門尼、非釋女，失滅式叉摩尼法。是事盡壽不應犯，汝能持不？」(答能)
The Buddha, using various causes and conditions, rebuked lying and praised truthfulness. He taught that one should not lie even as a joke, let alone deliberately. If a female trainee (shikshamana) claims, without knowing or seeing, that she possesses superhuman qualities she does not have—saying "I know this, I see this, I have attained the fruit of stream-entry or even arhatship," or "I have attained the first, second, or third jhana," or "I have attained loving-kindness, compassion, sympathetic joy, equanimity, the limitless states of empty space, consciousness, nothingness, or neither perception nor non-perception," or "I have attained the contemplation of impurity or mindfulness of breathing," or "Devas have come to me; dragons, yakshas, pishachas, vetadas, kumbhandas, rakshasas, and others have come to me. They ask me questions and I answer; I ask them and they answer"—if she speaks such lies, she is no longer a true female trainee, no longer a true nun, no longer a true daughter of the Shakya clan. She has lost the status of a female trainee. This precept must not be broken for the rest of your life. Can you uphold it?" ((Answer: "Yes."))
「佛種種因緣呵欲欲想、欲欲覺、欲欲熱；讚歎斷欲、除欲想、滅欲熱。若式叉摩尼有漏心，聽漏心男子，髮際至腕膝已上，却衣順摩逆摩抱捉牽推、舉上舉下若按若掐，是非式叉摩尼、非沙門尼、非釋女，失滅式叉摩尼法；若犯者可更受。是事盡壽不應犯，汝能持不？」(答能)
「佛種種因緣呵欲欲想、欲欲覺、欲欲熱；讚歎斷欲、除欲想、滅欲熱。若式叉摩尼有漏心，聽漏心男子，捉手捉衣共立共語，共期入屏覆處，待男子來自身往就，如白衣女人。此八事示貪著相，是非式叉摩尼、非沙門尼、非釋女，失滅式叉摩尼法；若犯更受。是事盡壽不應犯，汝能持不？(答能)
「汝某甲聽！僧已與汝二歲學法，式叉摩尼受持六法名式叉摩尼。汝得具滿和上阿闍梨、具滿比丘尼僧，得好國土、得好行處。轉輪聖王所願尚不能滿，汝今已具滿，當恭敬三寶：佛寶、法寶、比丘僧寶，當供養和上阿闍梨，恭敬上中下坐，當勤三學：善戒學、善心學、善慧學，當修三脫門：空、無相、無作，當勤三業：坐禪、誦經、勸作眾事。汝行是法，當開甘露門，得須陀洹果、斯陀含果、阿那含果、阿羅漢果。如蓮華在水日夜增長，汝諸善根亦復如是，於佛法中日夜增長。餘殘諸戒，和上阿闍梨當漸漸為汝廣說。
「釋師子法中， 已獲難得戒；
無難時難得， 已得勿使空。」
頭面禮僧足， 右繞歡喜去。