Chulavagga 10.8

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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-8.

1. Now at that time a Bhikkhuni, a pupil of the Bhikkhuni(Nun) Uppalavanna, followed the Lord Buddha for seven years, learning the Vinaya; but she, being forgetful, lost it as fast as she received it. And that Bhikkhuni(Nun) heard that the Lord Buddha was about to go to Savatthi. Then she thought: 'For seven years have I followed the Lord Buddha, learning the Vinaya; and, being forgetful, I have lost it as fast as I received it. Hard is it for a woman to follow the Lord Buddha her life long. What now shall I do?'

And that Bhikkhuni told this matter to the Bhikkhunis, and they told it to the Bhikkhus, and the Bhikkhus told it to the Lord Buddha.

'I allow Bhikkhus, O Bhikkhus, to teach the Vinaya to Bhikkhunis.'

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Here ends the First Portion for Recitation.