Tenth Khandhaka: Chapter 26

26. 1. Now at that time a certain Bhikkhunî first abandoned the precepts, and then threw off the robes 1. Afterwards she came back, and asked the Bhikkhunîs to admit her into the Order again. They told this matter to the Blessed One. 'A Bhikkhunî ought not, O Bhikkhus, to abandon the precepts. But by having thrown off the robes she is ipso facto incapable of being a Bhikkhunî.' 2. Now at that time a certain Bhikkhunî, though still wearing the orange-coloured robe, joined a sect of the Titthiyas. Afterwards she came back, and asked the Bhikkhunîs to receive her into the Order again. They told this matter to the Blessed One. . 'A Bhikkhunî, O Bhikkhus, who, when still wearing the orange-coloured robe, has gone over to the Titthiyas, is not to be received again 2.' 366:1 On the distinction between these two phrases, see the note on Mahâvagga II, 22, 3. 366:2 For the similar rule in the case of Bhikkhus, see Mahâvagga I, 38, 1.