1. Now Mah-pa"g"pat the Gotam went up to the place where the Blessed One was, and bowed down before him, and stood respectfully on one side. And, so standing, Mah-pa"g"pat the Gotam said to the Blessed One: 'What course, Lord, shall we pursue with reference to those precepts for the
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[paragraph continues] Bhikkhuns which are applicable also to the Bhikkhus?'
'Train yourselves, Gotam, therein in the same manner as the Bhikkhus do.'
'And what course, Lord, should we pursue in reference to those precepts for the Bhikkhuns which are not applicable also to the Bhikkhus?'
'Train yourselves, Gotam, therein according to the substance ther, as they are laid down.