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僧羯磨 1.129

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1.129

"You must not speak falsely at all, down to even in jest. If a bhikṣu, untruthfully and without possessing it himself, proclaims of himself: 'I have attained the dharmas of a superior person, attained dhyāna, attained liberation, attained samādhi, attained the four formless absorptions, attained the fruit of srotāpanna, the fruit of sakṛdāgāmin, the fruit of anāgāmin, or the fruit of arhat; gods come, nāgas come, and spirits come to make offerings to me,' he is no longer a śramaṇa, nor a son of the Śākya. The author of the simile says: Just as a large rock broken into two pieces can never be joined back together; so too is a bhikṣu: after violating a pārājika dharma, he never again restores his conduct as a bhikṣu. In this you must not engage for the rest of your life. Can you maintain this?" (He answers, saying:) "I can."

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