A proposal for the reform of discriminatory bhikkhunī rules (part 2)

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It’s here:

https://suttacentral.net/pli-tv-kd21/en/horner-brahmali

If people know how to turn on textual information, it’s at PTS cs Kd.21.1.11.
If you don’t, then scroll down about 2/3 of the text, and the section about Purāṇa is just above the heading “On the higher penalty”.

Edit:
This is not the only instance in the vinaya where monks or the Buddha criticize other monks for altering the rules in some way. It seems that monks tried that from time to time, and people were very conscious back then that such monks were overstepping their authority. Some examples were collected here:

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