[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [法苑珠林](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122) › 88.43 # 法苑珠林 88.43 法苑珠林 88.43 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [88.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.88.43) 第四妄語戒者。佛告諸比丘。吾以種種呵責妄語。讚歎不妄語者。乃至戲笑尚不應妄語。何況故妄語。是中犯者。若優婆塞不知不見過人聖法。自言。我是阿羅漢四等果人。乃至四禪慈悲喜捨得四空定不淨觀阿那般那念。天來龍來到我所供養我。彼問我義。我答彼問。皆犯不可悔罪。若實見言不見。實聞言不聞。實疑言不疑。有而言無。無而言有。如是等小妄語者。犯可悔罪。若發心欲妄語。未出言犯下可悔。言而不盡意者。犯中可悔。若自言得聖道者。便犯不可悔若狂心亂心不覺語者不犯。 > Fourth, concerning the precept against false speech: The Buddha told the monks: I have in various ways rebuked false speech and praised those who do not speak falsely. One should not speak falsely even in jest, how much less intentionally! What constitutes an offense herein: if an upāsaka, neither knowing nor seeing, claims to possess superhuman noble dharmas, saying of himself: 'I am an arhat, a person of the four fruits,' or even 'I have attained the four dhyānas, loving-kindness, compassion, sympathetic joy, equanimity, the four formless attainments, the meditation on impurity, or ānāpānasmṛti; devas and nāgas have come to my place to make offerings to me; they asked me the meaning and I answered their questions'—all these commit an unpardonable offense. If having actually seen he says he did not see, having actually heard says he did not hear, having actual doubt says he has no doubt, says what exists does not exist, or says what does not exist exists—such minor false speech commits a pardonable offense. If he gives rise to the thought to speak falsely but before uttering the words, he commits a minor, pardonable offense. If he speaks without expressing the full thought, he commits a medium, pardonable offense. If he claims of himself to have attained the noble path, he immediately commits an unpardonable offense. If through madness, a confused mind, or speaking unconsciously, it is not an offense. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 88.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.88.42) - [Next: 88.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.88.44) - [Up: 88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.88) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.88.43) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [佛說優婆塞五戒相經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.vinaya.sastra.upasakapancasilalaksanasutra*zh-gunavarman.1.68) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.88.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.88.43) · Pramāṇa