[178] At that time the Buddha, the Blessed One, was dwelling at Sāvatthī, in Jeta's Grove, in Anāthapiṇḍika's monastery. Now at that time a certain brahmin had a barley field adjacent to the bhikkhunīs' dwelling. The bhikkhunīs discarded excrement, urine, rubbish, and food scraps into the field. Then that brahmin criticized, complained, and spread it about, saying, "How can the bhikkhunīs spoil our barley field?"
The bhikkhunīs heard that brahmin criticizing, complaining, and spreading it about. Those bhikkhunīs who were of few wishes … criticized, complained, and spread it about, saying, "How can bhikkhunīs discard excrement, urine, rubbish, and food scraps on green crops?" …
"Is it true, bhikkhus, as it is said, that bhikkhunīs discard excrement, urine, rubbish, and food scraps on green crops?"
"It is true, Blessed One."
The Buddha, the Blessed One, rebuked them: "How, bhikkhus, can bhikkhunīs discard excrement, urine, rubbish, and food scraps on green crops? This, bhikkhus, does not conduce to the confidence of those without confidence … And thus, bhikkhus, let the bhikkhunīs recite this training rule:
"Whatever bhikkhunī should discard, or cause to be discarded, excrement, or urine, or rubbish, or food scraps on green crops, incurs a pācittiya."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.