Lzh Dg Bi Vb Pc 73Dildos

– FOUR-PART VINAYA

– PĀCITTIYA

RULE 73

A. ORIGIN STORY

At one time, the Bhagavā was dwelling in the Anāthapiṇḍika garden, Jeta's Grove, in the country of Śrāvastī. At that time, the group of six bhikkhunīs were burning with sensual desire, their complexions haggard and their bodies thin and emaciated. When they entered the royal palace of King Prasenajit, the women of the palace, seeing this, asked:

"Sister, what illness do you have?"

The six bhikkhunīs said:

"I have no illness; it is only the affliction of form."

The women asked further:

"What affliction of form?"

The bhikkhunī said:

"My mind is inflamed with sensual desire."

The women of the palace said:

"We who live in the palace always have men available. When there are no men, we use hide-glue fashioned into a male organ and insert it into the female organ; it brings satisfaction and is not the act of fornication. You may do likewise — it will bring satisfaction and is not an offense of fornication."

At that time, two among the group of six bhikkhunīs fashioned a male organ in this way and engaged in sexual activity together. Another bhikkhunī who saw them thought they were fornicating with a man. Only when they stood up did she realize it was not a man.

The bhikkhunīs who heard of this — among whom were those of few desires and contentment, who lived the ascetic practices, who were fond of training in the precepts, and who knew shame — censured the group of six bhikkhunīs: "How could you fashion a male organ from hide-glue and engage in sexual activity together?"

The bhikkhunīs went and reported this to the bhikkhus. The bhikkhus went and reported it to the Buddha. The Buddha, on account of this matter, assembled the community of bhikkhus and rebuked the group of six bhikkhunīs:

"What you have done is wrong, not in accordance with proper conduct, not in accordance with the law of renunciants, not pure conduct, not fitting behavior — you have done what ought not to be done. Group of six bhikkhunīs, how could you fashion a male organ from hide-glue and engage in sexual activity together?"

The Blessed One, having rebuked the group of six bhikkhunīs with countless skillful means, then said to the bhikkhus:

"This group of six bhikkhunīs is a field where many seeds of defilement are planted; they are the first to commit this offense. From this day forward, I shall lay down a rule for the bhikkhunīs, comprising ten principles of meaning, up to and including the phrase: that the true Dharma may long endure."

The rule should be stated thus:

Whatever bhikkhunī fashions a male organ from hide-glue — pācittiya.

B. ANALYSIS OF THE RULE

Bhikkhunī: as defined above.

Fashioning a male organ: using various materials for this purpose, such as hide-glue, thick cooked rice, flour, or beeswax.

Whatever bhikkhunī fashions a male organ from such materials and inserts it into the female organ — in every case commits a pācittiya. If she rubs it against the female organ without insertion, she commits a dukkaṭa.

For a śikṣamāṇā or a śrāmaṇerikā — a dukkaṭa. This is called an offense.

Non-offense: if one is afflicted with some disease and must use a round medicated suppository or a medicinal pellet inserted for treatment; or a cloth to block the menstrual flow; or if one is compelled by force — in all such cases there is no offense.

Those who do not offend: one who commits the act for the first time before the rule has been laid down; one who is insane, mentally disturbed, or overcome by extreme pain.

Vietnamese translation: Bhikkhu Thích Đỗng Minh and Thích Đức Thắng. FOUR-PART VINAYA, PART ONE

Chinese translation: Tripiṭaka masters Buddhayaśas and Zhu Fonian.

Edited and annotated: Bhikkhu Thích Nguyên Chứng

(Chinese translation, fascicles 1–21; Vietnamese translation, volumes 1–2)

Buddhist Publication Committee 2002