Hits: if he hits with his body, with anything connected to his body, or with anything released, even if just with a water-lily leaf, he commits an offense entailing confession.

Permutations If it is one who is fully ordained, and he perceives him as such, and he hits him in anger, he commits an offense entailing confession. If it is one who is fully ordained, but he is unsure of it, and he hits him in anger, he commits an offense entailing confession. If it is one who is fully ordained, but he does not perceive him as such, and he hits him in anger, he commits an offense entailing confession. If he hits one who is not fully ordained in anger, he commits an offense of wrong conduct. If it is one who is not fully ordained, but he perceives them as such, he commits an offense of wrong conduct. If it is one who is not fully ordained, but he is unsure of it, he commits an offense of wrong conduct. If it is one who is not fully ordained, and he does not perceive them as such, he commits an offense of wrong conduct.

Non-offenses There is no offense: if he hits in self-defense; if he is insane; if he is the first offender. The training rule on hitting in anger, the fourth, is finished.

Theravāda Collection on Monastic Law The Great Analysis The chapter on offenses entailing confession The subchapter on legitimate correction Raising a hand in anger

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