012.2 – Nikorata (part 2)
[Continued from the previous part ...]
At last, she was ordained in the house of female monks under Devadatta’s control. Months passed, other female monks noticed that her belly was bigger and bigger. Other female monks asked her “How did you get pregnant ?”. The pregnant monk answered “I don’t know but I never break any precept.”
Other female monks brought her to Devadatta’s house and asked Devadatta “My highness, this woman couldn’t favor her husband so she became a monk. Now she got pregnant. We don’t know that she got pregnant before or after becoming a monk. What should we do?”
Afraid that he would be criticized that he had a pregnant monk, Devadatta said “You should let her leave her monkshood.”
Female monks paid homage to Devadatta and went back.
After knew that Devadatta let her leave her monkshood, the pregnant monk said to other female monks “Devadatta is not the Buddha and I didn’t become a monk in Devadatta’s house. I actually became a monk in the Buddha’s house. In addition, my monkshood isn’t easy for me to get. Don’t make me lost my monkshood. Come on. Please brought me to Jetawan the great temple and see how the Buddha judge me.”
Other female monks accepted. They traveled about seven hundreds kilometers until they arrived at Jetawan the great temple.
[To be continued ...]