PārājikkaṇḍaCatutthapārājikasikkhābada

Vinayapiṭaka · Bhikkhu Vibhaṅga (1) · Vol. 1 · Section 235

[235] **"This one too":** this is said with reference to the previous ones. **"Is pārājika":** just as a palm tree cut off at the crown is incapable of growing again, even so a bhikkhu of evil desires, overcome by desire, having laid claim to a non-existent, unreal superhuman state (uttarimanussadhamma), is not an ascetic, not a son of the Sakyan; therefore it is said, "he is pārājika (pārājika)." **"Not in communion":** communion (saṃvāsa) means a single (formal) act, a single recitation, equality of training — this is called communion. He has none of that with them; therefore it is said, "not in communion."

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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