Chulavagga 10.4

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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-4.

1. Now Maha-pajapati the Gotami(Buddha's Aunt/Foster Mother) went up to the place where the Lord Buddha was, and bowed down before him, and stood respectfully on one side. And, so standing, Maha-pajapati the Gotami said to the Lord Buddha: 'What course, Lord, shall we pursue with reference to those precepts for the Bhikkhunis which are applicable also to the Bhikkhus?'

'Train yourselves, Gotami, in that in the same manner as the Bhikkhus do.'

'And what course, Lord, should we pursue in reference to those precepts for the Bhikkhunis which are not applicable also to the Bhikkhus?'

'Train yourselves, Gotami, in that according to the substance of that, as they are laid down.