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Rule 122

Getting a massage from a nun · 90. Bhikkhuniummaddāpanasikkhāpada

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At one time when the Buddha was staying at Sāvatthī in Anāthapiṇḍika’s Monastery, the nuns were having a nun massage and rub them. When people walking about the dwellings saw this, they complained and criticized them, “How can nuns get a nun to massage and rub them? They’re just like householders who indulge in worldly pleasures!” The nuns heard the complaints of those people. The nuns of few desires complained and criticized them, “How can nuns get a nun to massage and rub them?” … “Is it true, monks, that nuns do this?” “It’s true, sir.” The Buddha rebuked them … “How can nuns do this? This will affect people’s confidence …” … “And, monks, the nuns should recite this training rule like this:

Tena samayena buddho bhagavā sāvatthiyaṁ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme. Tena kho pana samayena bhikkhuniyo bhikkhuniyā ummaddāpentipi parimaddāpentipi. Manussā vihāracārikaṁ āhiṇḍantā passitvā ujjhāyanti khiyyanti vipācenti— “kathañhi nāma bhikkhuniyo bhikkhuniyā ummaddāpessantipi parimaddāpessantipi, seyyathāpi gihiniyo kāmabhoginiyo”ti. Assosuṁ kho bhikkhuniyo tesaṁ manussānaṁ ujjhāyantānaṁ khiyyantānaṁ vipācentānaṁ. Yā tā bhikkhuniyo appicchā …pe… tā ujjhāyanti khiyyanti vipācenti— “kathañhi nāma bhikkhuniyo bhikkhuniyā ummaddāpessantipi parimaddāpessantipī”ti …pe… “saccaṁ kira, bhikkhave, bhikkhuniyo bhikkhuniyā ummaddāpentipi parimaddāpentipī”ti? “Saccaṁ, bhagavā”ti. Vigarahi buddho bhagavā …pe… kathañhi nāma, bhikkhave, bhikkhuniyo bhikkhuniyā ummaddāpessantipi parimaddāpessantipi. Netaṁ, bhikkhave, appasannānaṁ vā pasādāya …pe… evañca pana, bhikkhave, bhikkhuniyo imaṁ sikkhāpadaṁ uddisantu—

‘If a nun has a nun massage her or rub her, she commits an offense entailing confession.’”

“Yā pana bhikkhunī bhikkhuniyā ummaddāpeyya vā parimaddāpeyya vā, pācittiyan”ti.

A: whoever … Nun: … The nun who has been given the full ordination in unanimity by both Sanghas through a legal procedure consisting of one motion and three announcements that is irreversible and fit to stand—this sort of nun is meant in this case. A nun: another nun. If she has a nun massage her: if she gets her to massage her, she commits an offense entailing confession. Or if she has a nun rub her: if she gets her to rub her, she commits an offense entailing confession.

Yā panāti yā yādisā …pe… bhikkhunīti …pe… ayaṁ imasmiṁ atthe adhippetā bhikkhunīti. Bhikkhuniyāti aññāya bhikkhuniyā. Ummaddāpeyya vāti ummaddāpeti, āpatti pācittiyassa. Parimaddāpeyya vāti sambāhāpeti, āpatti pācittiyassa.

There is no offense: if she is sick; if there is an emergency; if she is insane; if she is the first offender. The seventh training rule is finished.

Anāpatti— gilānāya, āpadāsu, ummattikāya, ādikammikāyāti. Sattamasikkhāpadaṁ niṭṭhitaṁ.

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