Imañca pana catubbidhaṃ vinayaṃ ñatvāpi vinayadharena puggalena tilakkhaṇasamannāgatena bhavitabbaṃ. Tīṇi hi vinayadharassa lakkhaṇāni icchitabbāni. Katamāni tīṇi. Suttañcassa svāgataṃ hoti suppavattitaṃ suvinicchitaṃ suttato anubyañjanasoti idamekaṃ lakkhaṇaṃ. Vinaye kho pana ṭhito hoti asaṃhiroti idaṃ dutiyaṃ. Ācariyaparamparā kho panassa suggahitā hoti sumanasikatā sūpadhāritāti idaṃ tatiyaṃ. Tattha suttannāma sakalaṃ vinayapiṭakaṃ tadassa svāgataṃ hoti suṭṭhu āgataṃ. Suppavattitanti suṭṭhu pavattaṃ paguṇaṃ vācuggataṃ. Suvinicchitaṃ suttato anubyañjanasoti pālito ca paripucchāto ca aṭṭhakathāto ca suvinicchitaṃ hoti kaṅkhācchedaṃ katvā uggahitaṃ. Vinaye kho pana ṭhito hotīti vinaye lajjibhāvena patiṭṭhito hoti. Alajjī hi bahussutopi samāno lābhagarukatāya tantiṃ visaṃvādetvā uddhammaṃ ubbinayaṃ satthusāsanaṃ dīpetvā sāsane mahantaṃ upaddavaṃ karoti saṅghabhedampi saṅgharājimpi uppādeti. Lajjī pana kukkuccako sikkhākāmo jīvitahetupi tantiṃ avisaṃvādetvā dhammameva vinayameva dīpeti satthusāsanaṃ garuṃ katvā ṭhapeti. Tathāhi pubbe mahātherā tikkhattuṃ vācaṃ nicchāresuṃ anāgate lajjī rakkhissati lajjī rakkhissatīti. Evaṃ yo ca lajjī so vinayaṃ ajahanto avokkamanto Lajjibhāvena vinaye ṭhito hoti patiṭṭhitoti. Asaṃhiroti saṃhiro nāma yo pāliyā heṭṭhato vā uparito vā padapaṭipāṭiyā vā aṭṭhakathāya vā pucchiyamāno vitthunāti vipphandati santiṭṭhituṃ na sakkoti yaṃ yaṃ parena vuccati taṃ taṃ anujānāti sakavādaṃ chaḍḍetvā paravādaṃ gaṇhāti. Yo pana pāliyaṃ vā aṭṭhakathāyaṃ vā heṭṭhūpariyena vā padapaṭipāṭiyā vā pucchimāno na vitthunāti na vipphandati ekekalomaṃ saṇḍāsena gaṇhanto viya evaṃ mayaṃ vadāma evaṃ no ācariyā vadantīti vissajjeti yamhi pāli ca pālivinicchayo ca suvaṇṇabhājane pakkhittasīhavasā viya parikkhayaṃ pariyādānaṃ agacchanto tiṭṭhati ayaṃ vuccati asaṃhiroti. Ācariyaparamparā kho panassa suggahitā hotīti theraparamparā vaṃsaparamparā assa suṭṭhu gahitā hoti. Sumanasikatāti suṭṭhu manasikatā āvajjitamatte ujjalitappadīpo viya hoti. Sūpadhāritāti suṭṭhu upadhāritā pubbāparānusandhito atthato kāraṇato ca upadhāritā. Attano matiṃ pahāya ācariyasuddhiyā vattā hoti mayhaṃ ācariyo asukācariyassa santike uggaṇhi so asukassāti evaṃ sabbaṃ ācariyaparamparaṃ therataraṅgaṃ haritvā yāva upālitthero sammāsambuddhassa santike uggaṇhīti pāpetvā ṭhapeti. Tatopi āharitvā upālitthero sammāsambuddhassa santike uggaṇhi dāsakatthero attano upajjhāyassa upālittherassa soṇakatthero attano upajjhāyassa dāsakattherassa siggavatthero attano Upajjhāyassa soṇakattherassa moggaliputtatissatthero attano upajjhāyassa siggavattherassa caṇḍavajjittherassa ca evaṃ sabbaṃ ācariyaparamparaṃ therataraṅgaṃ āharitvā attano ācariyaṃ pāpetvā ṭhapeti. Evaṃ uggahitā hi ācariyaparamparā suggahitā hoti. Evaṃ asakkontena pana avassaṃ dve tayo parivaṭṭā uggahetabbā. Sabbapacchimena hi nayena yathā ācariyo ca ācariyācariyo ca pāliñca paripucchañca vadanti tathā ñātuṃ vaṭṭati.