{"collection":"Buddhism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/bud/sbe20/sbe20097.htm","path":"bud/sbe20/sbe20097.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/bud/sbe20/sbe20097.htm","text":"1. Now at that time the P\u00e2timokkha was not recited to the Bhikkhun\u00ees.\nThey told this matter to the Blessed One.\n'I allow the P\u00e2timokkha, O Bhikkhus, to be recited to the Bhikkhun\u00ees.'\nNow it occurred to the Bhikkhun\u00ees: 'By whom should the P\u00e2timokkha be recited to the Bhikkhun\u00ees?'\n'I allow, O Bhikkhus, the P\u00e2timokkha to be recited to Bhikkhun\u00ees by Bhikkhus.'\nNow at that time Bhikkhus went to the residence of the Bhikkhun\u00ees and recited the P\u00e2timokkha to the Bhikkhun\u00ees there. The people murmured, and were indignant, saying: 'There are their wives, there are their mistresses; now will they take pleasure together.'\nThe Bhikkhus heard this, and told the matter to the Blessed One.\n'Bhikkhus are not, O Bhikkhus, to recite the\n[paragraph continues] P\u00e2timokkha to the Bhikkhun\u00ees at their residence. Whosoever does so, shall be guilty of a dukkata. I allow Bhikkhun\u00ees, O Bhikkhus, to recite the P\u00e2timokkha to the Bhikkhun\u00ees.'\nThe Bhikkhun\u00ees did not know how to recite the P\u00e2timokkha. They told this matter to the Blessed One.\n'I allow Bhikkhus, O Bhikkhus, to tell Bhikkhun\u00ees how to recite the P\u00e2timokkha.'\n2. Now at that time the Bhikkhun\u00ees did not confess the faults (they had committed).\n'A Bhikkhun\u00ee, O Bhikkhus, is not to leave a fault unconfessed. Whosoever does so, shall be guilty of a dukkata.'\nThe Bhikkhun\u00ees did not know how to confess their faults. They told this matter to the Blessed One.\n'I allow Bhikkhus, O Bhikkhus, to tell Bhikkhun\u00ees how they should confess their faults.'\nThen it occurred to the Bhikkhus: 'By whom ought the confession of a fault to be received from the Bhikkhun\u00ees?' They told this matter to the Blessed One.\n'I allow Bhikkhus, O Bhikkhus, to receive the confession of a fault from Bhikkhun\u00ees.'\nNow at that time Bhikkhun\u00ees, on seeing a Bhikkhu on the road, or in a street closed at one end, or at the place where four cross-roads met, would place their bowl on the ground, and arranging their robes over one shoulder, would crouch down on their heels, and stretch forth their joined hands, and confess a fault. The people murmured, were indignant, and complained, saying: 'There are their wives, there are their mistresses; they are asking\npardon now after having treated them scornfully overnight.'\n'Bhikkhus are not, O Bhikkhus, to receive the confessions of a fault from Bhikkhun\u00ees. Whosoever does so, shall be guilty of a dukkata. I allow Bhikkhun\u00ees, O Bhikkhus, to receive the confession of a fault from Bhikkhun\u00ees.'\nThe Bhikkhun\u00ees did not know how to receive the confession of a fault. They told this matter to the Blessed One.\n'I allow Bhikkhus, O Bhikkhus, to tell Bhikkhun\u00ees how to receive the confession of a fault.'\n3. Now at that time disciplinary proceedings (Kammas) were not carried out against Bhikkhun\u00ees. They told that matter to the Blessed One.\n'I allow disciplinary proceedings, O Bhikkhus, to be carried out against Bhikkhun\u00ees.'\nThen the Bhikkhus thought: 'By whom ought disciplinary proceedings to be carried out against Bhikkhun\u00ees?' They told this matter to the Blessed One.\n'I allow Bhikkhus, O Bhikkhus, to carry out disciplinary proceedings against Bhikkhun\u00ees.'\nNow at that time Bhikkhun\u00ees who had been subjected to disciplinary proceedings, on seeing a Bhikkhu on the road, or in a street closed at one end, or at the place where four cross-roads met, would place their bowls on the ground, and arranging their robes over one shoulder, would crouch down on their heels, and stretching out their joined palms would ask for pardon, thinking that that was the proper time for doing so. The people murmured [&c., as before].\n'Bhikkhus are not, O Bhikkhus, to carry out disciplinary proceedings against the Bhikkhun\u00ees. Whosoever does so, shall be guilty of a dukkata.' I allow Bhikkhun\u00ees, O Bhikkhus, to carry out disciplinary proceedings against Bhikkhun\u00ees.'\nThe Bhikkhun\u00ees did not know how to carry out the disciplinary proceedings. They told this matter to the Blessed One.\n'I allow Bhikkhus, O Bhikkhus, to tell the Bhikkhun\u00ees how to carry out disciplinary proceedings.'","title":"SBE 20: Tenth Khandhaka: Chapter 6","type":"page"}