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Tenth Khandhaka. Chapter 27

27.

1.
Now at that time Bhikkhuns, fearing to offend, would not let men salute them, or cut their hair or nails, or dress their wounds.

p. 367

They told this matter to the Blessed One.

'I allow them, O Bhikkhus, to permit those things.'

2. Now at that time Bhikkhuns, when sitting on a divan, allowed (other people thereon) to touch them with their heels.

They told this matter to the Blessed One.

'A Bhikkhun is not, O Bhikkhus, to sit on a divan 1. Whosoever does so, shall be guilty of a dukka"t"a.'

Now at that time a certain Bhikkhun was sick, and without using a divan she could not be at ease.

They told this matter to the Blessed One.

'I allow Bhikkhuns, O Bhikkhus, to use a half-divan 2.'

3.
[Rule as to construction of privies 3.]

4.
Now at that time the Bhikkhuns used chunam at their baths.

People murmured, saying, 'As the women in the world do!'

They told this matter to the Blessed One.

'A Bhikkhun is not, O Bhikkhus, to use chunam at her bath. Whosoever does so, shall be guilty of a dukka"t"a. I allow, O Bhikkhus, the use of clay and the red powder of rice husks 4.'

p. 368

[Similar paragraph, ending]

'A Bhikkhun is not, O Bhikkhus, to use scented clay at her bath 1. Whosoever does so, shall be guilty of a dukka"t"a. I allow, O Bhikkhus, the use of common clay.'

Now at that time Bhikkhuns bathing together in the steam-bath room made a tumult.

They told this matter to the Blessed One.

'Bhikkhuns are not, O Bhikkhus, to bathe in a steam-bath. Whosoever does so, shall be guilty of a dukka"t"a.'

Now at that time Bhikkhuns bathing against the stream allowed the rush of water against them.

They told this matter to the Blessed One.

'A Bhikkhun is not, O Bhikkhus, to bathe against the stream. Whosoever does so, shall be guilty of a dukka"t"a.'

Now at that time Bhikkhuns bathed in a place not a common bathing-place, and men of abandoned life violated them.

They told this matter to the Blessed One.

'A Bhikkhun is not, O Bhikkhus, to bathe at a place not a common bathing-place. Whosoever does so, shall be guilty of a dukka"t"a.'

Now at that time Bhikkhuns bathed at a bathing-place used also by men. People murmured, were indignant, and complained, saying, 'As those women do who are still living in the pleasures of the world 1.'

They told this matter to the Blessed One.

p. 369

'A Bhikkhun is not, O Bhikkhus, to bathe at a bathing-place used also by men. Whosoever does so, shall be guilty of a dukka"t"a. I allow, Bhikkhuns, O Bhikkhus, to bathe at a bathing-place used by women.'

"End of the Third Portion for Recitation.

End of the Tenth Khandhaka, the Bhikkhun-Khandhaka.

Footnotes

367:1
Pallaka"m". Compare Mahvagga V, 10, 4, 5; \"K"ullavagga V, 37, Vi, 8, Vi, 14; and the 42nd Bhikkhun P"k"ittiya.

367:2 A
\"d"dh"a-pallaka"m". Probably a cushion, which only one person could use at a time.

367:3
Compare the Rules for the Bhikkhus, "K"ullavagga VIII, q, 10, which we have also left untranslated. Buddhaghosa says here, He"t"th"-viva"t"e upari"k"kh"anne ti ettha sa"k"e kpo khato hoti upari pana padaramattam eva sabba-dissu pa"yati evarpe pi va"t"t"ati.

367:4
Kukkusa"m". Buddhaghosa says here, Kukkusa"m" mattikan p. 368 ti ku"n"d"aka k"' eva mattika k"a. The use of these last two was allowed to Bhikkhus by "K"ullavagga Vi, 3, I, for building purposes.

368:1
This is apparently covered by the 88th and 89th Bhikkhun P"k"ittiya.
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