Expulsion 3

Origin Story

At that time, the World-honored One was in Vesālī. For this reason, he gathered the bhikkhu sangha, and said to the bhikkhus: “From now on, I’ll lay down a precept for the bhikkhunīs, and state the 10 principles: … So that the true dhamma may last long. Someone wishing to recite the precept should recite like this:

Final Ruling

‘If a bhikkhunī intentionally and with her own hand takes the life of a human being, or takes a knife and gives it to someone, or encourages, praises and recommends death, (saying): “Hey, what use is this bad life? Death is preferable, don’t live on”; if thinking like this, she with countless skillful means encourages, praises and recommends death, that bhikkhunī is pārājika, and doesn’t live in community.’” (End of the third rule.)

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