Tripiṭaka Bhikkhunivibhaṅga
The Nuns’ Analysis
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91–93. Sikkhamāna-sāmaṇerī-gihiniummaddāpanasikkhāpada
The training rules on having a trainee nun … a novice nun … a female householder massage
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 sikkhamānāya ummaddāpentipi parimaddāpentipi …pe…
the nuns were having a trainee nun …
Manussā vihāracārikaṁ āhiṇḍantā passitvā ujjhāyanti khiyyanti vipācenti—
When people walking about the dwellings saw this, they complained and criticized them,
“kathañhi nāma bhikkhuniyo gihiniyā ummaddāpessantipi parimaddāpessantipi, seyyathāpi gihiniyo kāmabhoginiyo”ti.
“How can the nuns get a female householder to massage and rub them? They’re just like householders who indulge in worldly pleasures!”
Assosuṁ kho bhikkhuniyo tesaṁ manussānaṁ ujjhāyantānaṁ khiyyantānaṁ vipācentānaṁ.
The nuns heard the complaints of those people.
Yā tā bhikkhuniyo appicchā …pe… tā ujjhāyanti khiyyanti vipācenti—
The nuns of few desires complained and criticized them,
“kathañhi nāma bhikkhuniyo gihiniyā ummaddāpessantipi parimaddāpessantipī”ti …pe…
“How can nuns get a female householder to massage and rub them?”
“saccaṁ kira, bhikkhave, bhikkhuniyo gihiniyā ummaddāpentipi parimaddāpentipī”ti?
“Is it true, monks, that the nuns do this?”
kathañhi nāma, bhikkhave, bhikkhuniyo gihiniyā ummaddāpessantipi parimaddāpessantipi.
“How can nuns do this?
evañca pana, bhikkhave, bhikkhuniyo imaṁ sikkhāpadaṁ uddisantu—
“And, monks, the nuns should recite this training rule like this:
“Yā pana bhikkhunī (sikkhamānāya …pe… sāmaṇeriyā …pe… ) gihiniyā ummaddāpeyya vā parimaddāpeyya vā, pācittiyan”ti.
‘If a nun has (a trainee nun … a novice nun …) a female householder massage her or rub her, she commits an offense entailing confession.’”
…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.
dve vassāni chasu dhammesu sikkhitasikkhā.
a female who is training for two years in the six rules.
ummaddāpeti, āpatti pācittiyassa.
if she gets her to massage her, she commits an offense entailing confession.
sambāhāpeti, āpatti pācittiyassa.
if she gets her to rub her, she commits an offense entailing confession.