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Vinayapiṭaka · Bhikkhu Vibhaṅga (1) · Vol. 1 · Section 241

[241] When, with three modes, a bhikkhu knowingly speaks falsehood, saying, "I have mastery over the first jhāna (jhāna)," there is an offence entailing defeat (pārājika): before speaking, he knows, "I shall speak falsehood"; while speaking, he knows, "I am speaking falsehood"; having spoken, he knows, "Falsehood has been spoken by me." When, with four modes, a bhikkhu knowingly speaks falsehood, saying, "I have mastery over the first jhāna," there is an offence entailing defeat: before speaking, he knows, "I shall speak falsehood"; while speaking, he knows, "I am speaking falsehood"; having spoken, he knows, "Falsehood has been spoken by me"; and he has misrepresented his view. When, with five modes, a bhikkhu knowingly speaks falsehood, saying, "I have mastery over the first jhāna," there is an offence entailing defeat: before speaking, he knows, "I shall speak falsehood"; while speaking, he knows, "I am speaking falsehood"; having spoken, he knows, "Falsehood has been spoken by me"; he has misrepresented his view; and he has misrepresented his belief. When, with six modes, a bhikkhu knowingly speaks falsehood, saying, "I have mastery over the first jhāna," there is an offence entailing defeat: before speaking, he knows, "I shall speak falsehood"; while speaking, he knows, "I am speaking falsehood"; having spoken, he knows, "Falsehood has been spoken by me"; he has misrepresented his view; he has misrepresented his belief; and he has misrepresented his approval. When, with seven modes, a bhikkhu knowingly speaks falsehood, saying, "I have mastery over the first jhāna," there is an offence entailing defeat: before speaking, he knows, "I shall speak falsehood"; while speaking, he knows, "I am speaking falsehood"; having spoken, he knows, "Falsehood has been spoken by me"; he has misrepresented his view; he has misrepresented his belief; he has misrepresented his approval; and he has misrepresented his state.

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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