Pācittiya 90: The Training Rule on Having Another Bhikkhunī Rub or Massage Oneself.
- Translated from the Pali by Bhikkhu Brahmali. (More copyright information)
Origin story
1At one time when the Buddha was staying at Sāvatthī in Anāthapiṇḍika’s Monastery, the nuns were having other nuns massage and rub them. When people walking about the dwellings saw this, they complained and criticized them, “How can nuns get other nuns to massage and rub them? They’re just like householders who indulge in worldly pleasures!”
2The nuns heard the complaints of those people. The nuns of few desires complained and criticized them, “How can nuns get other nuns 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:
Final ruling
3‘If a nun has a nun massage her or rub her, she commits an offense entailing confession.’”
Definitions
4A: 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.
5A 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.
Non-offenses
6There 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.
1p_2V_3483, msdiv1206Tena 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.
2p_2V_3484Assosuṁ 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—
3p_2V_3485, msdiv1207“Yā pana bhikkhunī bhikkhuniyā ummaddāpeyya vā parimaddāpeyya vā, pācittiyan”ti.
4p_2V_3486, msdiv1208Yā panā'ti yā yādisā … pe … bhikkhunī'ti … pe … ayaṁ imasmiṁ atthe adhippetā bhikkhunīti.
5p_2V_3487Bhikkhunīyā'ti aññāya bhikkhuniyā. Ummaddāpeyya vā'ti ummaddāpeti, āpatti pācittiyassa. Parimaddāpeyya vā'ti sambāhāpeti, āpatti pācittiyassa.
6p_2V_3488, msdiv1209Anāpatti—gilānāya, āpadāsu, ummattikāya, ādikammikāyāti.