[291] Speaking a deliberate lie, how many offences (āpatti) does one commit?
Speaking a deliberate lie, one commits five offences: one of evil desires, overcome by desire, boasts of a superhuman state (uttarimanussadhamma) that is non-existent and unreal — an offence of pārājika; one charges a bhikkhu with a groundless matter entailing pārājika — an offence of saṅghādisesa; one says, "The bhikkhu who lives in your dwelling is an arahant" — if the hearer understands, an offence of thullaccaya; if the hearer does not understand, an offence of dukkaṭa; in deliberate false speech there is an offence of pācittiya. Speaking a deliberate lie, one commits these five offences.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.