Expulsion 4

Origin Story

At that time, the World-honored One was in Vesālī in the hall with the peaked roof near the monkey pond. 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, who doesn’t really know, to praise herself, says: “I’ve attained a superhuman state, I’ve entered the superior state of noble knowledge, I know this, I see this,” and at a later time, whether questioned or not questioned, because she desires purification, says: “Venerable sisters, I didn’t really know and see, but I said I knew and saw; it was empty, untrue, false speech,” except in a case of superiority conceit, that bhikkhunī is pārājika, and doesn’t live in community.’” (End of the fourth rule.)

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