BUDDHIST MONASTIC CODE I

Pārājika Chapter 4Derived offenses. In addition to the lesser offenses related to the value of the object,the Vibhaṅga also lists lesser offenses related to two factors of the full offenseunder this rule: effort and perception.With regard to effort, the Vibhaṅga states that the derived offenses begin when onewalks toward the object with the intent of stealing it, with each separate act — andin the case of walking toward the object, each step — incurring a dukkaṭa, up to apoint just prior to the actual stealing where the offenses turn into thullaccayas.Where this point occurs depends on the act constituting the actual taking, asfollows:Moving the object from its place: all steps up through touching the object: dukkaṭas.Making the object budge without fully moving it from its place: a thullaccaya."Cutting off" a fistful: all steps up through touching the object: dukkaṭas. Making theobject budge without fully cutting off a fistful: a thullaccaya.Sticking a vessel into a pool of liquid or pile of objects and causing some of thepool or pile to enter the vessel: all steps up through touching the pool or pile:dukkaṭas. Making the pool or pile budge without fully getting five māsakas worthseparated from the pool or pile and inside the vessel: a thullaccaya.Removing entirely from the mouth of a container: all steps up through touching theobject: dukkaṭas. Lifting the object: a thullaccaya. Bringing it up to the level of themouth of the container: another thullaccaya.Drinking liquid from a container: all steps up through drinking one māsaka worth ofliquid as part of one prior plan (§): dukkaṭas. Drinking between one and fivemāsakas' worth of liquid: a thullaccaya.Moving the object from one part of one's body to another or dropping it: all stepsup through touching the object with the intent to move it or drop it: dukkaṭas.Moving it but not to the point of putting it on another part of the body or dropping it:a thullaccaya.Causing a boat to move a hair-breadth upstream, downstream, or across a body ofwater: all steps up through loosening the moorings and/or touching it: dukkaṭas.Making the boat rock without causing it to move a hair-breadth upstream,downstream, or across a body of water: a thullaccaya.Breaking an embankment so that water flows out: all steps up through breaking theembankment and letting up to one māsaka's worth of water flow out: dukkaṭas.Letting between one and five māsakas' worth of water flow out: a thullaccaya.Causing an animal to move all its feet: all steps up through touching the animal:dukkaṭas. Getting it to move any of its feet prior to its moving its last foot: athullaccaya for each step.37