Bi Pc 3

3. Talaghātakasikkhāpada

Tena samayena buddho bhagavā sāvatthiyaṁ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme. Tena kho pana samayena dve bhikkhuniyo anabhiratiyā pīḷitā ovarakaṁ pavisitvā talaghātakaṁ karonti. Bhikkhuniyo tena saddena upadhāvitvā tā bhikkhuniyo etadavocuṁ— “kissa tumhe, ayye, purisena saddhiṁ sampadussathā”ti? “Na mayaṁ, ayye, purisena saddhiṁ sampadussāmā”ti bhikkhunīnaṁ etamatthaṁ ārocesuṁ. Yā tā bhikkhuniyo appicchā …pe… tā ujjhāyanti khiyyanti vipācenti— “kathañhi nāma bhikkhuniyo talaghātakaṁ karissantī”ti …pe… “saccaṁ kira, bhikkhave, bhikkhuniyo talaghātakaṁ karontī”ti? “Saccaṁ, bhagavā”ti. Vigarahi buddho bhagavā …pe… kathañhi nāma, bhikkhave, bhikkhuniyo talaghātakaṁ karissanti. Netaṁ, bhikkhave, appasannānaṁ vā pasādāya …pe… evañca pana, bhikkhave, bhikkhuniyo imaṁ sikkhāpadaṁ uddisantu—

Masturbation Origin story

At one time when the Buddha was staying at Sāvatthī in Anāthapiṇḍika’s Monastery, two nuns who were plagued by lust entered their room and slapped their genitals with the palms of their hands. Hearing the sound, the nuns rushed up and asked them, “Venerables, are you having sex with a man?” “No, we’re not,” and they told them what had happened. The nuns of few desires complained and criticized them, “How can nuns slap their genitals with their hands?” … “Is it true, monks, that nuns did that?” “It’s true, sir.” The Buddha rebuked them, “How could nuns do that? This will affect people’s confidence …” … “And, monks, the nuns should recite this training rule like this:

“Talaghātake pācittiyan”ti.

Final ruling

‘If a nun slaps her genitals with the palm of her hand, she commits an offense entailing confession.’”

Talaghātakaṁ nāma samphassaṁ sādiyantī antamaso uppalapattenapi muttakaraṇe pahāraṁ deti, āpatti pācittiyassa.

Definitions

Slaps her genitals with the palm of her hand: if, consenting to the contact, she hits her genitals, even with a water-lily leaf, she commits an offense entailing confession.

Anāpatti—

Non-offenses

There is no offense:

ābādhapaccayā, ummattikāya, ādikammikāyāti.

if she does it because she is sick; if she is insane; if she is the first offender.