Mahīśāsaka Vinaya
Bhikkhunī Vibhaṅga
Confession 178
Origin Story
At that time, the bhikkhunīs ordained women who constantly menstruated. They went on almsround and the blood flow soiled their feet. When the lay people saw it, they detested and criticized it: “The bhikkhunīs don’t (know) I follow the parallel passage in pācittiya 116 for my translation: 諸比丘尼不知可度、不可度, which includes 知, “know”.* who is ordainable and who isn’t. They ordain such people, who soil other people’s seats and straw mats. 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 ordains a woman who constantly menstruates, it’s a pācittiya.’”
Explanations
The remainder is as explained above.