Confession 196

Origin Story

At that time, the bhikkhunīs, when the formal act for training two years in the precepts had been carried out, let a night pass and then gave people the training precepts. In the meantime, difficulties arose, and thereupon, they weren’t able to receive them. 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, when the formal act for training two years in the precepts has been carried out, lets a night pass and then gives someone the training precepts, it’s a pācittiya.’”

Explanations

From when she thinks about it up to when it’s not yet dawn, it’s a dukkaṭa. At dawn, it’s a pācittiya for the preceptor. For the other teachers and the sangha, it’s a dukkaṭa.

The non-offenses are as explained above.