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KULLAVAGGA.
X, 9, 2.
'A Bhikkhu is not, O Bhikkhus, to do any of these things] Whosoever does, shall be guilty of a dukkata. I allow, O Bhikkhus, a penalty to be imposed on that Bhikkhu.'
Then the Bhikkhus thought : What penalty is it that ought to be imposed on him ?' They told this matter to the Blessed One.
That Bhikkhu is to be declared to be one who is not to be saluted by the Bhikkhun-samgha.'
2. [The last section repeated of the Khabbaggiya Bhikkhunts, the decision being the same down to]
Then the Bhikkhus thought : What penalty is it that ought to be imposed on her ?' They told this matter to the Blessed One.
I allow you, O Bhikkhus, to prohibit her (from entering a Vihara)?
When the prohibition was laid upon them, they would not accept it. They told this matter to the Blessed One.
I allow you, O Bhikkhus, to inhibit them from the Exhortation.'
3. Then the Bhikkhus thought: Is it lawful to hold U posatha with a Bhikkhunt who has been inhibited from the Exhortation, or is it not lawful ?'
They told this matter to the Blessed One.
You are not, O Bhikkhus, to hold Uposatha with a Bhikkhuni who has been inhibited from the Exhortation until such time as her case has been settled.
Now at that time the venerable Udâyi, after having inhibited the Exhortation (to one or more Bhikkhunts), went away on a journey. The Bhik
· Âvaranan ti viharapavesane nivåranam, says Buddhaghosa.
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