Mahīśāsaka Vinaya

Bhikkhunī Vibhaṅga

Suspension 1

Mahīśāsaka Vinaya, part 2.2, bhikkhunī vinaya, the saṅghādisesa rules.

Origin Story

At that time, the venerable Upāli asked the Buddha: “The World-honored One has laid down the precept for the bhikkhus: ‘If a bhikkhu engages in matchmaking, … a one-night-stand, it’s a saṅghādisesa.’ 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 engages in matchmaking, even for an affair, and delivers a man’s intentions to a woman, or a woman’s intentions to a man, even just for a one-night-stand, that bhikkhunī commits an immediate saṅghādisesa, from which one can repent.’”