Vinaya (3): The Cullavagga
by T. W. Rhys Davids | 1881 | 137,074 words
The Cullavagga (part of the Vinaya collection) includes accounts of the First and Second Buddhist Councils as well as the establishment of the community of Buddhist nuns. The Cullavagga also elaborates on the etiquette and duties of Bhikkhus....
Cullavagga, Khandaka 10, Chapter 20
Now at that time Bhikkhunīs inhibited Bhikkhus from the Uposatha, or from the Pavāraṇā, or from the Exhortation, or issued commands to them, or asked them to give them leave to rebuke them, or warned them of some offence they supposed they were committing, or called upon them to remember whether or not they had committed an offence[1].
They told this matter to the Blessed One.
'A Bhikkhunī is not, O Bhikkhus, to perform any one of these official acts towards a Bhikkhu. Should she do so, the act is itself invalid, and she is guilty of a dukkaṭa.'
Now at that time Bhikkhus inhibited Bhikkhunīs [&c., as before, giving the contrary decision].
Footnotes and references:
[1]:
On all these official acts of a Bhikkhunī, see the notes above on Cullavagga I, 5.