Pācittiyakaṇḍa

Vinayapiṭaka · Bhikkhu Vibhaṅga (2) · Vol. 2 · Section 178

[178] When a bhikkhu, having seen, speaks a deliberate lie (sampajānamusā), saying, "I did not see," by three modes he incurs an offense of pācittiya: beforehand he knows, "I shall speak falsely"; while speaking he knows, "I am speaking falsely"; having spoken he knows, "Falsehood has been spoken by me." By four modes … By five modes … By six modes … By seven modes, when, having seen, he speaks a deliberate lie, saying, "I did not see," he incurs an offense of pācittiya: beforehand he knows, "I shall speak falsely"; while speaking he knows, "I am speaking falsely"; having spoken he knows, "Falsehood has been spoken by me"; misrepresenting his view, misrepresenting his conviction, misrepresenting his acceptance, misrepresenting his state of mind. By three modes, when, having heard, he says, "I did not hear" … when, having sensed, he says, "I did not sense" … when, having cognized, he speaks a deliberate lie, saying, "I did not cognize," he incurs an offense of pācittiya: beforehand he knows, "I shall speak falsely"; while speaking he knows, "I am speaking falsely"; having spoken he knows, "Falsehood has been spoken by me." By four modes … By five modes … By six modes … By seven modes, when, having cognized, he speaks a deliberate lie, saying, "I did not cognize," he incurs an offense of pācittiya: beforehand he knows, "I shall speak falsely"; while speaking he knows, "I am speaking falsely"; having spoken he knows, "Falsehood has been spoken by me"; misrepresenting his view, misrepresenting his conviction, misrepresenting his acceptance, misrepresenting his state of mind.

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.