(一)「铁萨罗等锡兰尼众渡海与汉地二部受戒,见《比丘尼传》」· 确,逐字,三处互见。《比丘尼傳》卷二〈廣陵僧果尼傳十四〉:「元嘉六年,有外國舶主難提,從師子國載比丘尼來,至宋都住景福寺。後少時問果曰:『此國先來已曾有外國尼未?』答曰:『未有。』又問:『先諸尼受戒,那得二僧?』…到十年,舶主難提復將師子國鐵薩羅等十一尼至,先達諸尼已通宋語,請僧伽跋摩於南林寺壇界,次第重受三百餘人。」同卷〈普賢寺寶賢尼傳二十一〉:「初晉升平中淨檢尼,是比丘尼之始也。初受具戒,指從大僧。景福寺惠果、淨音等,以諮求那跋摩。求那跋摩云:『國土無二眾,但從大僧受得具戒。』惠果等後遇外國鐵薩羅尼等至,以元嘉十一年,從僧伽跋摩於南林寺壇重受具戒,非謂先受不得,謂是增長戒善耳。」
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卷三〈崇聖寺僧敬尼傳三〉:「遇見外國鐵薩羅尼等來向宋都,並風節峻異,更從受戒。」「二部受戒」四字有原文的正面根据:寶賢传把前后之别写成「國土無二眾,但從大僧受」→「重受具戒」,即由一部而二部。(二)原书自己不合的一处,照实报出:受戒之年,卷二两传不同。僧果传作「到十年」(元嘉十年,433),寶賢传作「以元嘉十一年」(434)。这是《比丘尼傳》内部的出入,不是本书的错;正文未系年,不受影响,惟日后若要写明年份,须择一并注明另一说。(三)「1996 年鹿野苑、1998 年菩提伽耶受戒与斯里兰卡尼团的重建」· 确。Anālayo《Bhikkhuni Ordination: From Ancient India to Contemporary Sri Lanka》(Āgama Research Group, 2018,僧英对照本):「In Sri Lanka a turning point seems to have come after an ordination conducted in 1998 at Bodhgayā. Earlier attempts at revival include an ordination in the USA in 1988, when Ayyā Khemā was ordained, and at Sārnāth in 1996, when bhikkhunī Kusumā received ordination.」(四)该书另出两层,正文可用而现未用:其一,1998 年菩提伽耶用的是台湾比丘尼,属法藏部一系,「drew upon bhikkhunīs from Taiwan to fulfill the role of the Bhikkhunī Saṅgha required by the ordination procedure … because these bhikkhunīs came from a different Vinaya lineage from the Theravāda—from the Dharmaguptaka lineage established long ago in China」;其二,菩提伽耶之后另在鹿野苑补受一次,「Right after the dual ordination at Bodhgayā, the Sri Lankan bhikkhus brought the newly ordained women to Sarnath for a second ordination, which they conducted on their own, in Pāli」。旁得(要紧):如此则本行所并举的古今两事方向恰好相反而结构相同——五世纪是师子国尼渡海入汉地,成就汉地尼的二部受戒;一九九八年是汉地(台湾)法藏部尼西行,成就锡兰尼的二部受戒。一千五百年后,戒脉从当年的受方回流至当年的授方。**三卷 14/03 与九篇一章若要收束这一节,这一层对称是现成的论据,且两端俱有本可引(T2063 与 Anālayo 2018)。(五) Anālayo 相关另有《The Legality of Bhikkhunī Ordination》(JBE 20, 2013)、《The Foundation History of the Nuns Order》(Hamburg Buddhist Studies)、《The Bahudhatuka-sutta and its Parallels》(JBE 16, 2009)三种,脚注作「诸文」,名副其实。