Mahāparinibbāna Sutta 6.2
Mahāparinibbānasutta 6.2
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- Pāli
6.2.1
Yathā kho panānanda, etarahi bhikkhū aññamaññaṃ āvusovādena samudācaranti, na kho mamaccayena evaṃ samudācaritabbaṃ.
After my passing, mendicants ought not address each other as ‘reverend’, as they do today.
6.2.2
Theratarena, ānanda, bhikkhunā navakataro bhikkhu nāmena vā gottena vā āvusovādena vā samudācaritabbo.
A more senior mendicant ought to address a more junior mendicant by name or clan, or by saying ‘reverend’.
6.2.3
Navakatarena bhikkhunā therataro bhikkhu ‘bhante’ti vā ‘āyasmā’ti vā samudācaritabbo.
A more junior mendicant ought to address a more senior mendicant using ‘sir’ or ‘venerable’.