Mahīśāsaka Vinaya
Bhikkhunī Vibhaṅga
Expulsion 2
Origin Story
At that time, the venerable Upāli asked the Buddha again: “The World-honored One has laid down the precept for the bhikkhus: ‘If a bhikkhu in a village or an empty place takes what isn’t given with the intention to steal it, … doesn’t live in community.’ How should I remember this?” The Buddha said: “You should remember it as to be practised by both sanghas. From now on, this precept should be recited thus:
Final Ruling
‘If a bhikkhunī in a village or an empty place takes what isn’t given with the intention to steal it, and if the king or a high official either arrest, or bind, or kill, or banish her, and say: “You criminal, you fool!,” that bhikkhunī incurs a pārājika, and doesn’t live in community.’”