Ānanda asks how monks should behave towards women. The Buddha answers: do not see them; if you see them, do not speak with them; if you speak with them, keep mindfulness. Pali Canon
Different Accounts
The Chinese Fo bannihuan jing, Bannihuan jing and Mūlasarvāstivāda Vinaya and the Tibetan Vinaya do not have this passage.
More differences between accounts (1)
Whether the corresponding passage in the Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra translated by Faxian is the same event can only be conjectured.
Dating
Year 45 after the Awakening, the Buddha aged seventy-nine to eighty, after the , on the night of the passing; stated in the canonical text; it can be fixed to this night.
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Research Notes: Reliability, Dating and Sources
- How Reliability Is Assessed
Recorded by three schools: the Pali canon of the Southern tradition, the Chinese Dīrgha Āgama and the Chinese three-fascicle Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra. Attested across multiple schools.
- Dating Evidence and Precision
Stated in the canonical text (the text itself gives the time). Time precision: fixed to the day.
Sources
- 藏譯（德格版）德格版 D6 da 262b4–288b7
- 梵文原典梵文《大般涅槃經》§27–32.42
- Pali Canon巴利 DN 16:5.9.1–5.9.6
- 大正藏大正藏 T01 no.1 p.26a
- 大正藏大正藏 T01 no.7 p.199c
- 大正藏大正藏 T02 no.125 p.751b
- 巴利註解書巴利註釋 Ap-a，§82