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"You, bhikkhus, have incurred a pārājika offense." Now at that time, a certain bhikkhu stole a mango belonging to the Sangha with thievish intent... a jambu belonging to the Sangha... a labuja belonging to the Sangha... a panasa belonging to the Sangha... a palm-fruit belonging to the Sangha... sugarcane belonging to the Sangha... a timbarūsaka fruit belonging to the Sangha with thievish intent. He felt remorse... (etc.) "You, bhikkhu, have incurred a pārājika offense." 149. Now at that time, a certain bhikkhu, having gone to a flower garden, stole a gathered flower worth five māsa with thievish intent. He felt remorse... (etc.) "You, bhikkhu, have incurred a pārājika offense." Now at that time, a certain bhikkhu, having gone to a flower garden, having gathered a flower worth five māsa, stole it with thievish intent. He felt remorse... (etc.) an offense... “You, monk, have fallen into a pārājika.” 150. Now at that time, a certain monk, going to a village, said to another monk: “Friend, I will go to your supporter family, having been told.” He went and had a cloth brought, and he himself used it. Knowing this, the other monk reproached him: “You are no ascetic!” He felt remorse… (as before) … “There is no offense, monk, of pārājika. And, monks, one should not say ‘I will go, having been told.’ Whoever should say so, there is an offense of dukkata.” Now at that time, a certain monk was going to a village. Another monk said to that monk: “Friend, you go to my supporter family, having been told.” He went and had a pair of cloths brought, and he himself used one, and gave one to that monk. Knowing this, the other monk reproached him: “You are no ascetic!” He felt remorse… (as before) … “There is no offense, monk, of pārājika. And, monks, one should not say ‘You go, having been told.’ Whoever should say so, there is an offense of dukkata.” Now at that time, a certain monk, going to a village, said to another monk: “Friend, I will go to your supporter family, having been told.” He also said: “You go, having been told.” He went and had an āḷhaka of ghee, a tula of molasses, a doṇa of rice brought, and he himself used them. Knowing this, the other monk reproached him: “You are no ascetic!” He felt remorse… (as before) … “There is no offense, monk, of pārāji whose. And, monks, it should not be said, "I am told, I will avoid it." Nor should it be said, "You are told, avoid it." Whoever says so, there is an offense of wrong-doing. 151. Now at that time, a certain man, taking a valuable gem, was traveling on a road with a certain monk. Then that man, seeing a customs post, without the monk knowing, put the gem into his bag. Having passed the customs post, he took it back. He felt remorse… "What was your intention, monk?" "I did not know, Blessed One." "There is no offense, monk, for one who does not know." Now at that time, a certain man, taking a valuable gem, was traveling on a road with a certain monk. Then that man, seeing a customs post, feigning illness, gave his bundle to that monk. Then that man, having passed the customs post, said to that monk, "Venerable sir, bring me my bundle; I am not ill." "Why, friend, did you do such a thing?" Then that man reported the matter to that monk. He felt remorse… "What was your intention, monk?" "I did not know, Blessed One." "There is no offense, monk, for one who does not know." 152. Now at that time, a certain monk was traveling on a road with a caravan. A certain man enticed that monk with bait He went to the customs post. He saw a valuable gem. He gave it to that bhikkhu. "Venerable sir, take this gem past the customs post." Then that bhikkhu took that gem past the customs post. He felt remorse... "You, bhikkhu, have incurred a pārājika offense." 153. At that time, a certain bhikkhu released a pig caught in a snare, out of compassion. He felt remorse... "What was your intention, bhikkhu?" "My intention was compassion, Blessed One." "There is no offense, bhikkhu, for one with an intention of compassion." At that time, a certain bhikkhu released a pig caught in a snare, thinking, "Lest the owners see it," with an intention of theft. He felt remorse... "You, bhikkhu, have incurred a pārājika offense." At that time, a certain bhikkhu released a deer caught in a snare, out of compassion... released a deer caught in a snare, thinking, "Lest the owners see it," with an intention of theft... released fish caught in a fish-trap, out of compassion... released fish caught in a fish-trap, thinking, "Lest the owners see it," with an intention of theft. He felt remorse... "You, bhikkhu, have incurred a pārājika offense." At that time, a certain bhikkhu, having seen goods in a cart, thought, "If I take it from here, I will incur a pārājika offense." So, having passed it, he pushed it over and took it. He felt remorse... "You, bhikkhu, have incurred a pārājika offense." what? Now at that time, a certain monk took a piece of meat that a potter had put aside, thinking, "I will give it to the owners." The owners accused that monk, saying, "You are no ascetic!" He felt remorse... [details omitted]... "There is no offense, monk, if the intention was not theft." Now at that time, a certain monk took a piece of meat that a potter had put aside, thinking, "Before the owners see it," with the intention of theft. The owners accused that monk, saying, "You are no ascetic!" He felt remorse... [details omitted]... "You, monk, have incurred a pārājika offense." 154. Now at that time, people tied a raft and launched it into the Aciravatī River. When the ropes broke, the logs scattered. Monks, perceiving them as rags, pulled them out. The owners accused those monks, saying, "You are no ascetics!" They felt remorse... [details omitted]... "There is no offense, monks, if the perception was of rags." Now at that time, people tied a raft and launched it into the Aciravatī River. When the ropes broke, the logs scattered. Monks, thinking, "Before the owners see them," with the intention of theft, pulled them out. The owners accused those monks, saying, "You are no ascetics!" They felt remorse... [details omitted]... "You, monks, have incurred a pārājika offense." Now at that time, a certain cowherd hung his cloak on a tree and went to relieve himself. A certain monk... He took it, thinking it was a rag-robe. Then that cowherd reproved that bhikkhu: "You are no ascetic!" He felt remorse... "No offense, bhikkhu, for one who thinks it's a rag-robe." Now at that time, as a certain bhikkhu was crossing a river, a cloth escaped from the hands of washermen and caught on his foot. That bhikkhu took it, thinking, "I will give it to the owners." The owners reproved that bhikkhu: "You are no ascetic!" He felt remorse... "No offense, bhikkhu, for one who has no intention to steal." Now at that time, as a certain bhikkhu was crossing a river, a cloth escaped from the hands of washermen and caught on his foot. That bhikkhu took it, with the intention to steal, thinking, "The owners will see it first." The owners reproved that bhikkhu: "You are no ascetic!" He felt remorse... "You, bhikkhu, have committed a pārājika offense." 155. Now at that time, a certain bhikkhu, seeing a pot of ghee, consumed it little by little. He felt remorse... "No pārājika offense, bhikkhu; there is an offense of wrong-doing." Now at that time, many bhikkhus agreed together and went, thinking, "We will steal goods." One stole the goods. They said thus: "We are not pārājika. The one who stole is pārājika." They reported this matter to the Blessed One... "You, bhikkhus, have committed a pārājika offense." Now at that time At one time, many bhikkhus, having arranged goods, took them away and divided them. As they were dividing them, the share for each one did not amount to five māsa. They said thus: "We are not defeated." They reported this matter to the Blessed One. "You, bhikkhus, have incurred a defeat." Now at that time, a certain bhikkhu in Savatthi, during a famine, a handful of rice from a shopkeeper, with thieving intent, took away. He felt remorse... "You, bhikkhu, have incurred a defeat." Now at that time, a certain bhikkhu in Savatthi, during a famine, a handful of mung beans from a shopkeeper... a handful of black gram... a handful of sesame seeds, with thieving intent, took away. He felt remorse... "You, bhikkhu, have incurred a defeat." Now at that time, in the Andhavana forest near Savatthi, thieves, having killed a cow, having eaten the meat, concealed the remainder and went away. The bhikkhus, perceiving it as refuse, had it accepted and consumed it. The thieves accused those bhikkhus: "You are not ascetics!" They felt remorse... "There is no offense, bhikkhus, for one who perceives it as refuse." Now at that time, in the Andhavana forest near Savatthi, thieves, having killed a pig, having eaten the meat, concealed the remainder and went away. The bhikkhus, perceiving it as refuse, had it accepted and consumed it. The thieves accused those bhikkhus: "You are not ascetics!" They felt remorse... "There is no offense, bhi monks, for one who has the perception of a rag-robe." At that time, a certain monk went to a grass field, and with the intention of theft, stole cut grass worth five māsa. He felt remorse... "You, monk, have incurred a pārājika offense." At that time, a certain monk went to a grass field, and having plucked grass worth five māsa, stole it with the intention of theft. He felt remorse... "You, monk, have incurred a pārājika offense." 156. At that time, visiting monks had the Sangha's mangoes divided and consumed them. Resident monks reproached those monks: "You are not recluses!" They felt remorse... They reported this matter to the Blessed One. "With what intention, monks, did you do this?" "For consumption, Blessed One, we did it." "There is no offense, monks, if it was for consumption." At that time, visiting monks had the Sangha's rose-apples... the Sangha's breadfruit...