僧羯磨 1.112

1.112

"Good man, listen attentively! Now is the time for utmost sincerity, the time for truthful speech. I now ask you; answer in accordance with my questions. If it is untrue, you should say it is untrue; if it is true, say it is true. Have you not committed an antimavatthu? Have you not defiled a bhikṣuṇī? Did you not enter the path with a thieving intent? Have you not corrupted both the inner and outer paths? Are you not a paṇḍaka? Have you not killed your father? Have you not killed your mother? Have you not killed an arhat? Have you not broken the harmonious saṃgha? Did you not, with evil intent, cause the Buddha's body to bleed? Are you not a non-human? Are you not an animal? Are you not dual-sexed? What is your name? What is your upādhyāya's name? Are you a full twenty years of age? Are your robes and bowl complete? Have your parents given their consent? Are you not in debt to anyone? Are you not a slave? Are you not a government official? Are you a man? Men have such diseases as: leprosy, carbuncles and ulcers, white leprosy, dry consumption, and madness. Do you now have these diseases?" (If he answers "No" to each item one by one according to the matter, one should further speak to him, saying:)