Confession 188

Origin Story

At that time, the bhikkhunīs engaged in the non-Buddhist practice of fire worship. They lit a fire and they recited their mantras. The householders criticized them: “These people still aren’t able to purify their view, how could they attain the path? 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 engages in the non-Buddhist practice of fire worship and lights a fire, it’s a pācittiya.’”

Explanations

If she does it from wrong view, it’s a thullaccaya. If she engages in all kinds of non-Buddhist practices, they’re all pācittiyas.

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