— The Bhikkhu's guidelines —
These are the 227 guidelines that every bhikkhu must learn by heart in Pali language in order to be able to recite them. Here a semantic analysis of each guideline will (hopefully) be provided.
- Pārājika 1
- Should any bhikkhu — participating in the training and livelihood of the bhikkhus, without having renounced the training, without having declared his weakness — engage in sexual intercourse, even with a female animal, he is defeated and no longer in affiliation.
