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Note:Translations, dictionaries and commentaries were not made by the Blessed One.Cross-check with Pali in 4 main nikayas.

  • Theravāda VinayaTheravāda Collection on Monastic Law
  • BhikkhunivibhaṅgaThe Nuns’ Analysis
  • PācittiyakaṇḍaThe chapter on offenses entailing confession
  • ChattupāhanavaggaThe subchapter on sunshades and sandals

90. BhikkhuniummaddāpanasikkhāpadaGetting a massage from a nun

Tena samayena buddho bhagavā sāvatthiyaṁ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme.At one time when the Buddha was staying at Sāvatthī in Anāthapiṇḍika’s Monastery, Tena kho pana samayena bhikkhuniyo bhikkhuniyā ummaddāpentipi parimaddāpentipi.the nuns were having a nun massage and rub them. Manussā vihāracārikaṁ āhiṇḍantā passitvā ujjhāyanti khiyyanti vipācenti—
khiyyanti → khīyanti (bj, sya-all, pts)
When people walking about the dwellings saw this, they complained and criticized them,
“kathañhi nāma bhikkhuniyo bhikkhuniyā ummaddāpessantipi parimaddāpessantipi, seyyathāpi gihiniyo kāmabhoginiyo”ti.
gihiniyo kāmabhoginiyoti → gihīkāmabhoginiyoti (bj); gihikāmabhoginiyo ti (pts)
“How can nuns get a nun to massage and rub them? They’re just like householders who indulge in worldly pleasures!”

Assosuṁ kho bhikkhuniyo tesaṁ manussānaṁ ujjhāyantānaṁ khiyyantānaṁ vipācentānaṁ.
khiyyantānaṁ → khīyantānaṁ (bj, sya-all) | ujjhāyantānaṁ khiyyantānaṁ → (pts)
The nuns heard the complaints of those people.
Yā tā bhikkhuniyo appicchā …pe… tā ujjhāyanti khiyyanti vipācenti—
khiyyanti → khīyanti (bj, sya-all)
The nuns of few desires complained and criticized them,
“kathañhi nāma bhikkhuniyo bhikkhuniyā ummaddāpessantipi parimaddāpessantipī”ti …pe…“How can nuns get a nun to massage and rub them?” … “saccaṁ kira, bhikkhave, bhikkhuniyo bhikkhuniyā ummaddāpentipi parimaddāpentipī”ti?
bhikkhuniyā ummaddāpentipi parimaddāpentipīti → parimaddāpenti pīti (pts)
“Is it true, monks, that nuns do this?”

“Saccaṁ, bhagavā”ti.“It’s true, sir.”

Vigarahi buddho bhagavā …pe…The Buddha rebuked them … kathañhi nāma, bhikkhave, bhikkhuniyo bhikkhuniyā ummaddāpessantipi parimaddāpessantipi.“How can nuns do this? Netaṁ, bhikkhave, appasannānaṁ vā pasādāya …pe…This will affect people’s confidence …” … evañca pana, bhikkhave, bhikkhuniyo imaṁ sikkhāpadaṁ uddisantu—“And, monks, the nuns should recite this training rule like this:

“Yā pana bhikkhunī bhikkhuniyā ummaddāpeyya vā parimaddāpeyya vā, pācittiyan”ti.‘If a nun has a nun massage her or rub her, she commits an offense entailing confession.’”

Yā panātiA:
yā yādisā …pe…whoever …
bhikkhunītiNun:
…pe… ayaṁ imasmiṁ atthe adhippetā bhikkhunīti.… 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.
BhikkhuniyātiA nun:
aññāya bhikkhuniyā.another nun.
Ummaddāpeyya vāti
vāti ummaddāpeti → vā ti ubbaṭṭāpeti (bj)
If she has a nun massage her:
ummaddāpeti, āpatti pācittiyassa.
ummaddāpeti → ubbaṭṭāpeti (bj) | ubbaṭṭāpeti → ummaddāpeti (bj: machasaṁ, HO) | ummaddāpeti → ubbaṭṭāpeti (cck: sī.)
if she gets her to massage her, she commits an offense entailing confession.
Parimaddāpeyya vātiOr if she has a nun rub her:
sambāhāpeti, āpatti pācittiyassa.if she gets her to rub her, she commits an offense entailing confession.

Anāpatti—There is no offense: gilānāya,if she is sick; āpadāsu,if there is an emergency; ummattikāya,if she is insane; ādikammikāyāti.if she is the first offender.

Sattamasikkhāpadaṁ niṭṭhitaṁ.The seventh training rule is finished.

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