The 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 ‘If a nun uses a dildo, she commits an offense entailing confession.’”

Definitions A dildo: made of resin, made of wood, made of flour, made of clay. Uses: if she consents to the contact and inserts it into her vagina, even if it is just a water-lily leaf, she commits an offense entailing confession.

Non-offenses There is no offense:

if she does it because she is sick; if she is insane; if she is the first offender. The fourth training rule is finished.

Theravāda Collection on Monastic Law The Nuns’ Analysis The chapter on offenses entailing confession The subchapter on garlic Intimate washing

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