Confession 111

The 111th training precept: With a pregnant woman.

Origin Story

Location as before. Then Thullanandā bhikkhunī gave the going forth to a pregnant woman. When the time had come, she gave birth to a daughter. Brahmin householders saw it and were upset: “These renunciates, the Sakyan daughters, are really impure. Within one monastery, there are two kinds of rules: the worldly rules and the rules of pure conduct.” 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 gives the going forth to a pregnant woman, it’s a pācittiya.’”

Explanations

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

“Pregnant” means having conceived.

“Woman” means an adult woman.

“The going forth” means giving the sāmaṇera precepts.

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