Confession 166

Origin Story

At that time, the bhikkhunīs themselves cooked raw things to prepare food. The lay people criticized them: “Why do the bhikkhunīs themselves cook raw things? When they’ve already cooked and prepared food, why do they then also ask for alms from people? This isn’t the practice of renunciates. They’ve broken the rules of renunciates.” 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 herself cooks raw things to prepare food, it’s a pācittiya.’”

Explanations

If it’s for a sickness, the offense isn’t committed.

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