Confession 209

Origin Story

At that time, the bhikkhunīs engaged in all kinds of fortune telling, and they also asked others to tell their fortune. The lay people criticized them: “These people don’t give up wrong view. How could they attain the path?” 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 fortune telling herself, or ask others to tell her fortune, it’s a pācittiya.’”

Explanations

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

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