does not confess it, disclose it, make it plain, make it known—either in the midst of the Sangha, in the midst of a group, or to an individual. He is lying in full awareness: what is there for lying in full awareness? There is an act of wrong conduct. Is called an obstacle by the Buddha: an obstacle for what? It is an obstacle for reaching the first absorption, the second absorption, the third absorption, the fourth absorption; an obstacle for reaching the wholesome qualities of absorption, release, stillness, attainment, renunciation, escape, seclusion. for that reason. who knows, who perceives. Is seeking purification: