第九条原则：女子礼诵，恭敬圆融
[9] The Ninth Principle: On Women Prostrating And Reciting, With Reverence Interpenetrating
女人从十二、三岁至四十八、九岁，皆有月经。有谓当月经时，不可礼拜持诵，此语不通情理。
Women from ages of 12 or 13, until 48 or 49, all have monthly periods. So-called ‘when having monthly periods, one must not prostrate and uphold recitation’, these words are clearly not with reason and principles.
月经短者，二、三日即止，长者六、七日方止。修持之人，必须念念无间，何可因此天生之小恙，竟念废弃其修持乎？
Those with monthly periods short, are with 2 or 3 days then stopping, those with long ones, are with 6 or 7 days then stopping. Of people upholding practice, as it must be from thought to thought without interruption, how can they, because of this natural and small sickness, think of completely abandoning their practice?
今谓当月经时，可少礼拜（宜少礼，不是绝不作礼也），念佛诵经均当照常。
Now speaking of when having monthly periods, there can be less prostrations (as there] should be less prostrations, not absolutely not making prostrations), reciting of the Buddha’s name and reciting of sūtras should all be as usual.
宜常换洗秽布，若手触秽布，当即洗净；切勿以触秽之手，翻经及焚香也。
There should often be changing and washing of dirtied cloths [i.e. used sanitary pads, tampons and such]. If hands touched dirtied cloth, there should immediately be washing clean. There must not be with hands that touched the dirty, flipping sutras and burning incense too.
佛法，法法圆通，外道只执崖理。世人多多只信外道所说，不知佛法正理，故致一切同人，不能同沾法益也。
The Buddha’s Dharma teachings, are with every Dharma teaching interpenetrating, while external paths are only attached to precipitous principles. The world’s people are with extremely many who only believe that by external paths said, not knowing the Buddha’s Dharma teachings’ right principles, thus leading all co-practitioners, to not be able to together be moistened with the Dharma’s benefits.
净土宗十三祖印光大师
Pure Land Tradition’s 13th Patriarch Great Master Yìnguāng
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