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BUDDHISM. 



as regards the Wajji people or the Wajji Puttaka, of abrogating 

 the promulgation of the Parajika discipline as regards the 

 clerical body. Then Bhagawa, for that cause and reason, 

 having delivered a Dhamma discourse, called the Bhikkhus 

 and said:— O Bhikkhus ! if any Bhikkhu, through ignorance of 

 his imbecility with regard to the observance of the precepts, 

 is guilty of Methuna Dhamma, when he has come (for the 

 purpose of being ordained) is not worthy of being admitted to 

 the Upasampada order. Any one knowing his imbecility with 

 regard to the observance of the precepts, if he is guilty of 

 Methuna Dhamma, he is fit to be made Upasampada, when he 

 has come for it. And so, O Bhikkhus, receive this precept :— * 

 If any Bhikkhu, through ignorance of his imbecility with 

 regard to the observance of the precepts, is guilty of Methuna 

 Dhamma with any beast, from the least to the greatest, he 

 incurs a Parajika fault, and becomes excommunicate. 



The term any one is as follows :— A person of whatsoever 

 degree, of whatsoever race, of whatsoever name, of whatsoever 

 tribe, of whatsoever attainments, of whatsoever conduct, of 

 whatsoever ability, whether an elderly man, or a youth, or a 

 middle aged man ; — such an one is called any one. 



