Confession 138

Origin Story

At that time, the bhikkhunīs also threw garbage and leftover food on the ground in front of the monastery in the king’s park, to drive away the many people. The lay people were upset. 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 on fresh grass, it’s a pācittiya.’”

Explanations

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

If she throws it into a pit, or on an unclean place, the offense isn’t committed.