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1. At that time the Bhikkhus, after having conferred the 耻辫补蝉补尘辫补诲腻 ordination on a certain Bhikkhu, left him alone and went away. Afterwards, as he went alone (to the 膧谤腻尘补), he met on the way his former wife. She said to him: 'Have you now embraced the religious life?' (He replied): 'Yes, I have embraced the religious life.' 'It is difficult to persons who have embraced religious life, to obtain sexual intercourse; come, let us have intercourse.' He practised intercourse with her, and, in consequence, came late (to the 础谤腻尘补). The Bhikkhus said: 'How is it, friend, that you are so late?'

2. Then that Bhikkhu told the whole matter to the Bhikkhus. The Bhikkhus told it to the Blessed One.

'I prescribe, O Bhikkhus, that you give a companion to a newly-ordained Bhikkhu, and that you tell him the four Interdictions:

'"A Bhikkhu who has received the 耻辫补蝉补尘辫补诲腻 ordination ought to abstain from all sexual intercourse even with an animal. A Bhikkhu who practises sexual intercourse is no 厂补尘补峁嘺 and no follower of the Sakyaputta. As a man whose head is cut off, cannot live any longer with his trunk alone, thus a Bhikkhu who practises sexual intercourse is no 厂补尘补峁嘺 and no follower of the Sakyaputta. Abstain from doing so as long as your life lasts.

3. '"A Bhikkhu who has received the 耻辫补蝉补尘辫补诲腻 ordination, ought to abstain from taking what is not given to him, and from theft, even of a blade of grass. A Bhikkhu who takes what is not given to him, or steals it, if it is a 辫腻诲补 (i.e. a quarter of a k膩rsh膩pa峁嘺), or of the value of a 辫腻诲补 or worth more than a 辫腻诲补, is no 厂补尘补峁嘺 and no follower of the Sakyaputta. As a sear leaf loosed from its stalk cannot become green again, thus a Bhikkhu who takes, &c. Abstain from doing so as long as your life lasts.

4. '"A Bhikkhu who has received the 耻辫补蝉补尘辫补诲腻 ordination, ought not intentionally to destroy the life of any being down to a worm or an ant. A Bhikkhu who intentionally kills a human being, down to procuring abortion, is no 厂补尘补峁嘺 and no follower of the Sakyaputta. As a great stone which is broken in two, cannot be reunited, thus a Bhikkhu who intentionally, &c. Abstain from doing so as long as your life lasts.

5. '"A Bhikkhu who has received the 耻辫补蝉补尘辫补诲腻 ordination, ought not to attribute to himself any superhuman condition, and not to say even: 'I find delight in sojourning in an empty place.' A Bhikkhu who with bad intention and out of covetousness attributes to himself a superhuman condition, which he has not, and which he is not possessed of, a state of 箩丑腻苍补 (mystic meditation), or one of the vimokkhas^[1], or one of the 蝉补尘腻诲丑颈蝉 (states of self-concentration), or one of the 蝉补尘腻辫补迟迟颈蝉 (the attainment of the four 箩丑腻苍补s and four of the eight vimokkhas), or one of the Paths (of sanctification), or one of the Fruits thereof, is no 厂补尘补峁嘺 and no follower of the Sakyaputta. As a palm tree of which the top sprout has been cut off, cannot grow again, thus a Bhikkhu who with bad intention, &c. Abstain from doing so as long as your life lasts."'

End of the four Interdicts.

Footnotes and references:

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[1]:

The vimokkhas (literally, deliverances) are eight stages of meditation different from the four 箩丑腻苍补s. The characteristics of the different vimokkhas are specified by Childers s. v.