grow mustaches, or remove the hair from your private parts. If you do, you commit an offense of wrong conduct.” A certain monk had a sore on his private parts, and the medicine did not stick. “I allow you to remove hair from the private parts if you have a disease.” At that time the monks from the group of six cut their hair with scissors. People complained and criticized them, “They’re just like householders who indulge in worldly pleasures!” “You shouldn’t cut your hair with scissors.