Dhammadesanāsikkhāpada

Vinayapiṭaka · Bhikkhu Vibhaṅga (2) · Vol. 2 · Section 309

[309] **"Should tell"**: for one who says to an unordained person (anupasampanna), "I attained the first jhāna," there is an offense of pācittiya. **"Should tell"**: for one who says to an unordained person, "I am attaining the first jhāna," there is an offense of pācittiya. **"Should tell"**: for one who says to an unordained person, "I have attained the first jhāna," there is an offense of pācittiya. **"Should tell"**: for one who says to an unordained person, "I am an obtainer of the first jhāna," there is an offense of pācittiya. **"Should tell"**: for one who says to an unordained person, "I am a master of the first jhāna," there is an offense of pācittiya. **"Should tell"**: for one who says to an unordained person, "The first jhāna has been realized by me," there is an offense of pācittiya. [Editorial footnote in the Siam Raṭṭha edition: 1. Myanmar edition reads *ñāṇadassanan'ti*; 2–4. Myanmar edition reads *cittaṃ*.]

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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