Confession 136

Origin Story

At that time, the bhikkhunīs threw garbage and leftover food over fences and walls. They soiled and dirtied humans and non-humans. When the lay people saw it, they criticized them: “Why do bhikkhunīs throw garbage over the separation wall and soil and dirty people? They have no regulations.” When the senior bhikkhunīs heard it, they criticized them in all kinds of ways, … “I now lay down a precept for the bhikkhunīs, as explained above. From now on, this precept should be recited thus:

Final Ruling

‘If a bhikkhunī throws garbage and leftover food over a fence or wall, or has others throw them, it’s a pācittiya.’”

Explanations

For a sikkhamānā and a sāmaṇerī, it’s a dukkaṭa.

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