Pācittiya 4: The Training Rule on the Use of a Dildo.
- Translated from the Pali by Bhikkhu Brahmali. (More copyright information)
Origin story
1At one time the Buddha was staying at Sāvatthī in the Jeta Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika’s Monastery. At that time a woman who had previously belonged to the king’s harem had gone forth as a nun. Another nun who was plagued by lust went to that nun and said, “Venerable, the king only came to you at long intervals. How did you cope?”
“With a dildo.”
“What’s a dildo?”
That nun described a dildo to her. The other nun then used a dildo. But she forgot to wash it before disposing of it in a certain place. The nuns saw it covered with flies, and they said, “Who did this?”
“I did it,” she replied.
2The nuns of few desires complained and criticized her, “How could a nun use a dildo?” …
“Is it true, monks, that a nun did this?”
“It’s true, Sir.”
The Buddha rebuked her, “How could a nun use a dildo? This will affect people’s confidence …” … “And, monks, the nuns should recite this training rule like this:
Final ruling
3‘If a nun uses a dildo, she commits an offense entailing confession.’”
Definitions
4A dildo: made of resin, made of wood, made of flour, made of clay.
5Uses: if she consents to the contact and inserts it into her vagina, even if it is just a lotus leaf, she commits an offense entailing confession.
Non-offenses
6There is no offense: if she does it because she is sick; if she is insane; if she is the first offender.
7The fourth training rule is finished.
1p_2V_2592, msdiv806Tena samayena buddho bhagavā sāvatthiyaṁ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme. Tena kho pana samayena aññatarā purāṇarājorodhā bhikkhunīsu pabbajitā hoti. Aññatarā bhikkhunī anabhiratiyā pīḷitā yena sā bhikkhunī tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā taṁ bhikkhuniṁ etadavoca:“rājā kho, ayye, tumhe cirāciraṁ gacchati. Kathaṁ tumhe dhārethā”ti?
“Jatumaṭṭhakena, ayye”ti.
“Kiṁ etaṁ, ayye, jatumaṭṭhakan”ti?
Atha kho sā bhikkhunī tassā bhikkhuniyā jatumaṭṭhakaṁ ācikkhi. Atha kho sā bhikkhunī jatumaṭṭhakaṁ ādiyitvā dhovituṁ vissaritvā ekamantaṁ chaḍḍesi. Bhikkhunīyo makkhikāhi samparikiṇṇaṁ passitvā evamāhaṁsu— “kassidaṁ kamman”ti? Sā evamāha—“mayhidaṁ kamman”ti.
2p_2V_2593Yā tā bhikkhuniyo appicchā … pe … tā ujjhāyanti khiyyanti vipācenti: “Kathañhi nāma bhikkhunī jatumaṭṭhakaṁ ādiyissatī”ti … pe …
“Saccaṁ kira, bhikkhave, bhikkhunī jatumaṭṭhakaṁ ādiyatī”ti?
“Saccaṁ, bhagavā”ti.
Vigarahi buddho bhagavā … pe … kathañhi nāma, bhikkhave, bhikkhunī jatumaṭṭhakaṁ ādiyissati. Netaṁ, bhikkhave, appasannānaṁ vā pasādāya … pe … evañca pana, bhikkhave, bhikkhuniyo imaṁ sikkhāpadaṁ uddisantu—
3p_2V_2594, msdiv807“Jatumaṭṭhake pācittiyan”ti.
4p_2V_2595, msdiv808Jatumaṭṭhakaṁ nāma jatumayaṁ kaṭṭhamayaṁ piṭṭhamayaṁ mattikāmayaṁ.
5p_2V_2596Ādiyeyyā'ti samphassaṁ sādiyantī antamaso uppalapattampi muttakaraṇaṁ paveseti, āpatti pācittiyassa.
6p_2V_2597, msdiv809Anāpatti—ābādhapaccayā, ummattikāya, ādikammikāyāti.