Suspension 16

Origin Story

At that time, Chandamātā’s name was Sumanā. She was of bad character towards others, and then people started to call her Chandasumanā. She often quarreled with others, and when the sangha had settled matters, she said: “The sangha follows desire, anger, delusion, and fear.” The bhikkhunīs said: “Don’t often quarrel with others, and don’t say: ‘The sangha follows desire, anger, delusion, and fear.’ Why? The sangha doesn’t follow desire, anger, delusion, and fear. Give up this speech. You’ll grow in the Buddha’s dhamma and live comfortably.” When she was admonished like this, she held firmly on to it and didn’t give it up. … “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 often quarrels with others, and when the sangha has settled matters, says: “The sangha follows desire, anger, delusion, and fear,” the bhikkhunīs should say: “Don’t often quarrel with others, and don’t say: ‘The sangha follows desire, anger, delusion, and fear.’ Why? The sangha doesn’t follow desire, anger, delusion, and fear. Give up this speech. You’ll grow in the Buddha’s dhamma and live comfortably.” 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.’”

Explanations

The remainder is as explained above.

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