Relinquishment With Confession 29

The 29th training precept: Diverting offerings intended for many people to oneself.

Origin Story

Location as before. As the World-honored One had said: “Every five to six years, you should hold a great festival.” Then a great group of bhikkhunīs came. For this reason, Thullanandā entered Sāvatthī and requested things from female brahmin householders. She obtained many offerings and diverted them to herself. When the bhikkhunīs heard this, they told the bhikkhus, and the bhikkhus told the Buddha. The Buddha gathered the bhikkhunīs for this reason as before, asked if it was true, and criticized her, as explained in detail, down to: “I’ll lay down another training precept. You should recite it like this:

Final Ruling

‘If a bhikkhunī obtains offerings intended for many people and diverts them to herself, it’s a nissaggiya pācittiya.’”

Explanations

The explanations of the factors are as before.