Chulavagga 10.18

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Adapted from the Translation by T. W. Rhys Davids and Hermann Oldenberg

CHULAVAGGA (THE MINOR SECTION)

TENTH KHANDHAKA (ON THE DUTIES OF BHIKKHUNIS/NUNS)

Chapter-18.

Now at that time Bhikkhunis wasted their time in the dining-hall, doubting as to which should take which seat.

They told this matter to the Lord Buddha.

'I prescribe, O Bhikkhus, that the senior eight Bhikkhunis shall take their seats according to seniority, and the rest as they happen to come in.'

Now at that time Bhikkhunis, on the ground that the Lord Buddha had so prescribed, let the eight senior Bhikkhunis in every other place take

exclusive possession (of the first eight seats), and the rest arranged themselves as they came in.

They told this matter to the Lord Buddha.

'I prescribe, O Bhikkhus, as above, only in the case of the dining-hall. Everywhere else let there be no exclusive right to seats by seniority.'