On one occasion a monk sent another monk to a wilderness inhabited by predatory animals. The predatory animals killed him. The first monk became anxious … “There’s no offense for one who isn’t aiming at death.” On one occasion a monk sent another monk to a wilderness inhabited by predatory animals, aiming to kill him. The predatory animals killed him. … The predatory animals did not kill him. The first monk became anxious … “There’s no offense entailing expulsion, but there’s a serious offense.” On one occasion a monk sent another monk to a wilderness inhabited by criminals. The criminals killed him. The first monk became anxious … “There’s no offense for one who isn’t aiming at death.” On one occasion a monk sent another monk to a wilderness inhabited by criminals, aiming to kill him. The criminals killed him. … The criminals did not kill him. The first monk became anxious … “There’s no offense entailing expulsion, but there’s a serious offense.”

On one occasion a monk killed a person, thinking it was them … killed another person, thinking it was them … killed a person, thinking they were another … killed another person, thinking they were another. That monk became anxious … “You have committed an offense entailing expulsion.”