The Buddha then had the Sangha of monks gathered and questioned that monk: “Is it true, monk, that you did this?” “It’s true, sir.” The Buddha rebuked him, “Foolish man, it’s not suitable, it’s not proper, it’s not worthy of a monastic, it’s not allowable, it’s not to be done. How could you go forth on such a well-proclaimed spiritual path and not be able to practice the perfectly complete and pure spiritual life to the end? Haven’t I given many teachings for the sake of dispassion … for the stilling of the fevers of worldly desire? It would be better, foolish man, for your penis to enter the mouth of a highly venomous snake than to enter a female monkey. It would be better for your penis to enter the mouth of a black snake than to enter a female monkey. It would be better for your penis to enter a blazing charcoal pit than to enter a female monkey. Why is that? For although it might cause death or death-like suffering, it would not cause you to be reborn in a bad destination. But <em>this</em> might. Foolish man, you’ve practiced what is contrary to the true Teaching, the common practice, the low practice, the coarse practice, that which ends with a wash, that which is done in private, that which is done wherever there are couples. This will affect people’s confidence …” … “And so, monks, this training rule should be recited like this:

Second preliminary ruling ‘If a monk has sexual intercourse, even with a female animal, he is expelled and excluded from the community.’”

In this way the Buddha laid down this training rule for the monks. The account of the female monkey is finished.

Third substory: the section for recitation on covering