Or lags behind her companions by herself: if, in an uninhabited area, in the wilderness, she is in the process of going beyond the range of sight or the range of hearing of her companion nun, she commits a serious offense. When she has gone beyond, she commits an offense entailing suspension. That too: this is said with reference to the preceding offenses. An immediate offense: there is an offense as soon as the misconduct is committed, and no pressing is required. Entailing sending away: she is sent away from the Sangha. Suspension: … Therefore, too, it is called an offense entailing suspension.

Non-offenses There is no offense: if her companion nun has left or disrobed or died or joined another religion or sect; if there is an emergency; if she is insane; if she is the first offender. The third offense entailing suspension is finished.

Theravāda Collection on Monastic Law The Nuns’ Analysis The chapter on offenses entailing suspension Readmitting an ejected nun

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