Tenth Khandhaka. Chapter 20
20.
Now at that time Bhikkhuns inhibited Bhikkhus from the Uposatha, or from the Pavra"n", or from the Exhortation, or issued commands to them, or asked them to give them leave to rebuke them, or warned them of some offence they supposed they
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were committing, or called upon them to remember whether or not they had committed an offence 1.
They told this matter to the Blessed One.
'A Bhikkhun is not, O Bhikkhus, to perform any one of these official acts towards a Bhikkhu. Should she do so, the act is itself invalid, and she is guilty of a dukka"t"a.'
Now at that time Bhikkhus inhibited Bhikkhuns [&c., as before, giving the contrary decision].
Footnotes
359:1 On all these official acts of a Bhikkhun, see the notes above on "K"ullavagga I, 5.
Now at that time Bhikkhuns inhibited Bhikkhus from the Uposatha, or from the Pavra"n", or from the Exhortation, or issued commands to them, or asked them to give them leave to rebuke them, or warned them of some offence they supposed they
p. 359
were committing, or called upon them to remember whether or not they had committed an offence 1.
They told this matter to the Blessed One.
'A Bhikkhun is not, O Bhikkhus, to perform any one of these official acts towards a Bhikkhu. Should she do so, the act is itself invalid, and she is guilty of a dukka"t"a.'
Now at that time Bhikkhus inhibited Bhikkhuns [&c., as before, giving the contrary decision].
Footnotes
359:1 On all these official acts of a Bhikkhun, see the notes above on "K"ullavagga I, 5.
