If he tells about a minor offense, he commits an offense of wrong conduct. If he tells about the misconduct of a person who is not fully ordained, whether grave or minor, he commits an offense of wrong conduct. If the offense is minor, but he perceives it as grave, he commits an offense of wrong conduct. If the offense is minor, but he is unsure of it, he commits an offense of wrong conduct. If the offense is minor, and he perceives it as such, he commits an offense of wrong conduct.

Non-offenses There is no offense: if he tells about the action that was the basis for the offense, but not the class of offense; if he tells about the class of offense, but not the action that was the basis for the offense; if the monks have agreed; if he is insane; if he is the first offender. The training rule on announcing a monk’s grave offense, the ninth, is finished.

Theravāda Collection on Monastic Law The Great Analysis The chapter on offenses entailing confession The subchapter on lying Digging the earth

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