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separately, without being instructed in the four obligations 

 incumbent on them. One of them was met by the woman 

 who had been his wife, and yielded to her solicitations. The 

 case was reported to Buclha, who decreed : 



92. Priests, I direct that when Upasampada has been 

 given, the four acts improper to be done by a priest shall be 

 explained to him. 1 : The ordained priest shall not have 

 sexual intercourse even with an animal : he who has sexual 

 intercourse ceases to be a priest, a son of Sakya. As when 

 a man is decapitated the body is no longer capable of life, so 

 the priest having this intercourse is no longer a priest, a son 

 of Sakya. This act is unlawful so long as you live. 2 : The 

 ordained priest shall not take, with a dishonest intention, any 

 thing which is not given to him, not even a blade of grass. 

 If any priest with a dishonest intention shall take a pada, or 

 the value of a pada, or more than a pada, which is not given 

 to him, he ceases to be a priest, a son of Sakya. As a seared 

 leaf separated from its stalk is no longer capable of vegetating, 

 even so a priest who, with a dishonest intention takes a pada, 

 or the value of a pada, or more than a pada, which is not given 

 to him, ceases to be a priest, a son of Sakya. This act is 

 unlawful so long as you live. 3 : The ordained priest shall 

 not willingly take away the life of any being, not even of an 

 insect. Any priest who shall wilfully destroy human life, 

 even by causing abortion, ceases to be a priest, a son of Sakya. 

 As a large rock split into two cannot again be united, even 

 so a priest who wilfully destroys the life of a human being, 

 ceases to be a priest, a son of Sakya. This act is unlawful 

 so long as you live. 4 : An ordained priest shall not boast 

 of high spiritual attainments, even if it be by saying, I delight 

 in solitude. Any priest who with an evil design and boasting, 

 shall untruly and falsely profess to have high spiritual attain- 

 ments, whether abstract meditation (@toeno jhanan), freedom 

 from the passions (8^©o^5^o wimokkhan), unbroken tranquil- 

 lity (esSbute samadhin), attainment either of the paths to 



