Lzh Mg Bi Vb Pc 128Getting Novices to Massage
Pāli / Sanskrit:Sāmaṇerī-ummaddāpana
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– MAHĀSĀṂGHIKA VINAYA
– RULES OF DISCIPLINE FOR BHIKKHUNĪS
– EXPOSITION OF THE FIRST SECTION OF THE 141 PĀCITTIYAS
128. RULE: HAVING A NOVICE NUN BATHE ONESELF.
The same applies regarding novice nuns. Therefore, the Buddha teaches: Even one who has already heard must hear again:
—If a bhikkhunī who is not ill instructs a novice nun to massage or rub her, she commits a pācittiya offense.
EXPLANATION:
Novice nun: One who has gone forth following the Buddha and has received the ten precepts.
Instructing to massage and rub: As stated in the section concerning bhikkhunīs.
Vietnamese translation: Thích Phước Sơn. MAHĀSĀṂGHIKA VINAYA
Chinese translation: THE TRIPIṬAKA MASTER BUDDHABHADRA OF INDIA
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