Suspension 12

Origin Story

Upāli asked again: “The World-honored One has laid down the precept for the bhikkhus: ‘If a bhikkhu is of bad character and difficult to talk to, while training in the precepts sutta together with the other bhikkhus, he often commits offenses, … 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 is of bad character and difficult to talk to, while training in the precepts sutta together with the other bhikkhunīs, she often commits offenses, and when the bhikkhunīs admonish her about her offenses according to dhamma and vinaya, she answers: “Venerables, don’t talk to me about good and bad. I’ll also not talk to you about good or bad,” the bhikkhunīs should say again: “Don’t make yourself unadressable by others. You should speak with the bhikkhunīs according to dhamma, and the bhikkhunīs will also speak with you according to dhamma. In this way, we teach each other, we rehabilitate each other from offenses, and perfect the Tathāgata’s assembly.” If she, when admonished like this, holds firmly on to it and doesn’t give it up, they should admonish her a second and a third time. If she gives up this matter at the second or third admonishment, it’s fine. If not, that bhikkhunī commits a saṅghādisesa after three admonishments, from which one can repent.’”

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