Vinaya Texts

SR No.: 007684
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: T W Rhys Davids, Hermann Oldenberg
Publisher: Oxford
Publication Year: 1881
Total Pages: 2523
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 47 MB

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X, 9, 4.
ON THE DUTIES OF BHIKKHUNÎS.
khunts murmured, were indignant, and complained, saying: 'How can the venerable Udâyi [act so]?'
They told this matter to the Blessed One.
'You are not, O Bhikkhus, to go on a journey after having inhibited the Exhortation. Whosoever does So, shall be guilty of a dukkata.'
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Now at that time foolish and incompetent Bhikkhus inhibited the Exhortation.
They told this matter to the Blessed One.
'The Exhortation is not, O Bhikkhus, to be inhibited by a foolish, incompetent Bhikkhu. When such a one does so, he shall be guilty of a dukkata.
Now at that time Bhikkhus inhibited the Exhortation without grounds and without cause.
They told this matter to the Blessed One.
'You are not, O Bhikkhus, to inhibit the Exhortation without ground and without cause. Whosoever does so, shall be guilty of a dukkata.'
Now at that time Bhikkhus, who had inhibited the Exhortation, would not give a decision (on the matter out of which the inhibition arose).
They told this matter to the Blessed One.
'When, O Bhikkhus, you have inhibited the Exhortation, you are not to abstain from giving a decision (on the matter out of which the inhibition arose). Whosoever does so, shall be guilty of a dukkata.'
4. Now at that time Bhikkhunts did not go to the Exhortation. They told this matter to the Blessed One.
'A Bhikkhunt, O Bhikkhus, is not to omit going to the Exhortation. Whosoever does so, shall be dealt with according to the rule '.'
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1 Bhikkhunî Pâkittiya LVIII.
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