Pācittiya 91: The Training Rule on Having a Probationer 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 trainee nuns massage and rub them.
When people walking about the dwellings saw this, they complained and criticized them, “How can the nuns get trainee 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 female householders to massage and rub them?”
“Is it true, monks, that the 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 trainee 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 trainee nun: one who has trained for two years in the six rules.
6If she has her massage her: if she gets her to massage her, she commits an offense entailing confession.
7If she has her rub her: if she gets her to rub her, she commits an offense entailing confession.
Non-offenses
8There is no offense: if she is sick; if there is an emergency; if she is insane; if she is the first offender.
The tenth training rule is finished.
1p_2V_3490, msdiv1210Tena samayena buddho bhagavā sāvatthiyaṁ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme. Tena kho pana samayena bhikkhuniyo sikkhamānāya ummaddāpentipi parimaddāpentipi.
Manussā vihāracārikaṁ āhiṇḍantā passitvā ujjhāyanti khiyyanti vipācenti: “Kathañhi nāma bhikkhuniyo sikkhamānāya ummaddāpessantipi parimaddāpessantipi, seyyathāpi gihiniyo kāmabhoginiyo”ti.
2p_2V_3491Assosuṁ kho bhikkhuniyo tesaṁ manussānaṁ ujjhāyantānaṁ khiyyantānaṁ vipācentānaṁ.
Yā tā bhikkhuniyo appicchā … pe … tā ujjhāyanti khiyyanti vipācenti: “Kathañhi nāma bhikkhuniyo sikkhamānāya ummaddāpessantipi parimaddāpessantipī”ti … pe …
“Saccaṁ kira, bhikkhave, bhikkhuniyo sikkhamānāya ummaddāpentipi parimaddāpentipī”ti?
“Saccaṁ, bhagavā”ti.
Vigarahi buddho bhagavā … pe … kathañhi nāma, bhikkhave, bhikkhuniyo sikkhamānāya ummaddāpessantipi parimaddāpessantipi. Netaṁ, bhikkhave, appasannānaṁ vā pasādāya … pe … evañca pana, bhikkhave, bhikkhuniyo imaṁ sikkhāpadaṁ uddisantu—
3p_2V_3492, msdiv1211“Yā pana bhikkhunī sikkhamānāya ummaddāpeyya vā parimaddāpeyya vā, pācittiyan”ti.
4p_2V_3493, msdiv1212Yā panā'ti yā yādisā … pe … bhikkhunī'ti … pe … ayaṁ imasmiṁ atthe adhippetā bhikkhunīti.
5p_2V_3494Sikkhamānā nāma dve vassāni chasu dhammesu sikkhitasikkhā.
6p_2V_3497Ummaddāpeyya vā'ti ummaddāpeti, āpatti pācittiyassa.
7p_2V_3498Parimaddāpeyya vā'ti sambāhāpeti, āpatti pācittiyassa.
8p_2V_3499, msdiv1213Anāpatti—gilānāya, āpadāsu, ummattikāya, ādikammikāyāti.