Confession 109

The 109th training precept: Giving the full ordination to someone who is 12 years old, but hasn’t undertaken the sikkhamānā rules.

Origin Story

Location as before. At that time, Thullanandā bhikkhunī knew that married women who are 12 years old may be given the going forth. Then she thought: “The World-honored One has allowed to give the full ordination.” Without giving the sikkhamānā rules, she directly gave the full ordination. The bhikkhunīs told the bhikkhus, and the bhikkhus told the Buddha. The Buddha asked and criticized, as explained in detail, down to: “I’ll lay down another training precept. You should recite it like this:

Final Ruling

‘If a bhikkhunī knows that a married woman is 12 years old, and gives her the full ordination without giving her the sikkhamānā rules, it’s a pācittiya.’”

Explanations

“A bhikkhunī” is as above.

The explanations of the rule factors etc. are as explained in detail before.