Confession 84

The 84th training precept: Standing alone with a bhikkhu outdoors.

Origin Story

Location as before. Then Guttā bhikkhunī stood alone outdoors with Udāyī bhikkhu. When the brahmin householders had seen them, they said to each other: “… on a date.” The bhikkhunīs told the bhikkhus, and the bhikkhus told the Buddha. The Buddha asked and criticized, as explained in detail above, down to: “I’ll lay down another training precept. You should recite it like this:

Final Ruling

‘If a bhikkhunī stands alone with a bhikkhu outdoors, it’s a pācittiya.’”

Explanations

“A bhikkhunī” means Guttā, or any other bhikkhunī.

“A bhikkhu” means Udāyī, or any other bhikkhu.

“Standing outdoors” is as explained above.

… they all incur a pācittiya offense.

There’s no offense if the bhikkhu has a companion and the bhikkhunī has an attendant.