Confession 139

The 139th training precept: Not keeping a bathing skirt.

Origin Story

Location as before. Then there were many bhikkhunīs who were bathing in the river Aciravatī together with lay women. They pointed with their fingers at each other, and when they saw the bhikkhunīs’ breasts, hips, bellies, legs, shanks, etc., they commented on them. The bhikkhunīs told the bhikkhus, and the bhikkhus told the Buddha. The Buddha asked if it was true and criticized them, as explained in detail, down to: “I’ll lay down another training precept. You should recite it like this:

Final Ruling

‘If a bhikkhunī doesn’t keep a bathing skirt, it’s a pācittiya.’”

Explanations

“A bhikkhunī” means a bhikkhunī in this dhamma.

“Not keeping a bathing skirt” means not having a bathing skirt.

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