Consecrated: consecrated with the aristocratic consecration. The king is present: the king has not left the bedroom. The queen is present: the queen has not left the bedroom. Or both have not left. Without first being announced: without first having informed. The threshold: the threshold to the bedroom is what is meant. The bedroom: wherever a king’s bed is prepared, even if just enclosed by a cloth screen. Crosses the threshold to the bedroom: if he crosses the threshold with the first foot, he commits an offense of wrong conduct. If he crosses with the second foot, he commits an offense entailing confession.

Permutations If he has not been announced, and he perceives that he has not, and he crosses the threshold to the bedroom, he commits an offense entailing confession. If he has not been announced, but he is unsure of it, and he crosses the threshold to the bedroom, he commits an offense entailing confession. If he has not been announced, but he perceives that he has, and he crosses the threshold to the bedroom, he commits an offense entailing confession. If he has been announced, but he perceives that he has not, he commits an offense of wrong conduct. If he has been announced, but he is unsure of it, he commits an offense of wrong conduct. If he has been announced, and he perceives that he has, there is no offense.

Non-offenses There is no offense: if he has been announced; if it is not an aristocrat king; if the king has not been consecrated with the aristocratic consecration; if the king has left the bedroom; if the queen has left the bedroom; if they both have left; if it is not a bedroom; if he is insane; if he is the first offender. The training rule on entering a royal compound unannounced, the first, is finished.

Theravāda Collection on Monastic Law The Great Analysis The chapter on offenses entailing confession The subchapter on precious things Picking up precious things

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