Chulavagga 10.23

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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-23.

Now at that time Bhikkhunis dwelt in the forest, and men of abandoned life violated them.

They told this matter to the Lord Buddha.

'A Bhikkhuni is not, O Bhikkhus, to adopt the forest life. Whosoever does so, shall be guilty of a dukkata.'