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Tenth Khandhaka: Chapter 23

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23. Now at that time Bhikkhunîs dwelt in the forest, and men of abandoned life violated them. p. 363 They told this matter to the Blessed One. 'A Bhikkhunî is not, O Bhikkhus, to adopt the forest life. Whosoever does so, shall be guilty of a dukkata 1.' 363:1 Compare Mahâvagga I, 30, 4, and I, 77, and our note above on X, 17, 8.

Source: Internet Sacred Text Archive, file bud/sbe20/sbe20114.htm.

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