Suspension 2

Origin Story

The venerable Upāli asked again: “The World-honored One has laid down the precept for the bhikkhus: ‘If a bhikkhu himself doesn’t act according to dhamma, and because of unwholesome anger slanders a bhikkhu, who hasn’t commited a pārājika, with an unfounded pārājika, … 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 herself doesn’t act according to dhamma, and because of unwholesome anger slanders a bhikkhunī, who hasn’t commited a pārājika, with an unfounded pārājika, wanting to destroy her monastic life, and if that bhikkhunī at a later time, whether questioned or not questioned, says: “That matter was unfounded, I slandered her because I was harboring anger,” that bhikkhunī commits an immediate saṅghādisesa, from which one can repent.’”

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