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Yet there, you, foolish men, with such wealth, difficult to accumulate and difficult to guard, will live full of requests, full of entreaties – 'Give a man, give a man for work, give an ox, give a cart, give an adze, give an axe, give a hatchet, give a spade, give a pickaxe, give a creeper, give a bamboo, give muñja grass, give pabbaja grass, give straw, give clay!' This, foolish men, is not for the conversion of the unconverted… and thus, monks, you should recite this rule of training – 348. "Now, a bhikkhu who is building a hut by asking, for himself, without an owner, must make it of the proper measure. And here is the measure: twelve spans in length, by the Sugata-span; seven spans across. Bhikkhus must be brought to indicate the site. Those bhikkhus must indicate the site – not causing harm, with a surrounding path. If a bhikkhu builds a hut by asking on a site that causes harm, without a surrounding path, or if he does not bring bhikkhus to indicate the site, or if he exceeds the measure, it is a saṅghādisesa." 349. "Asking" means asking oneself for a man, or a man for work, or an ox, and a cart, and an adze, and an axe, and a hatchet, and a spade, and a pickaxe, and a creeper, and bamboo, and muñja grass, and pabbaja grass, and grass, and clay. A hut, it is said, is either plastered, or daubed, or plastered and daubed. "By one who is having it made" means either making it oneself or having it made by others. "Ownerless" means there is no other owner, whether a woman or a man, a layperson or a renunciant. "For one's own purpose" means for one's own benefit. It should be made according to measure. Therein this is the measure: in length, twelve spans, by the Sugata's span, by external measurement. In width, seven spans, means by internal measurement. "Monks should be brought for the site designation" means that monk who is making the hut, having cleared the hut site, having approached the Sangha, having arranged the upper robe over one shoulder, having bowed at the feet of the senior monks, having sat down on his haunches, having raised his joined hands, he should be addressed thus: "Venerable sirs, I wish to make a hut by request, ownerless, for my own use. Therefore, Venerable sirs, I request the Sangha to inspect the hut site." It should be requested a second time. It should be requested a third time. If the entire Sangha is able to inspect the hut site, it should be inspected by the entire Sangha. If the entire Sangha is not able to inspect the hut site, those monks who are present there, who are competent and capable of knowing what is with trouble and without trouble, what is with circumambulation and without circumambulation, they should be requested and appointed. And thus, monks, they should be appointed. By a competent monk, a capable one— The Sangha should be informed: 350. "May the Sangha, venerable sirs, hear me. This bhikkhu, named so-and-so, wishes to build a hut by solicitation, ownerless, for his own use. He requests the Sangha to inspect the hut-site. If it is suitable for the Sangha, the Sangha should appoint the bhikkhus so-and-so and so-and-so to inspect the hut-site for the bhikkhu so-and-so. This is the motion. "May the Sangha, venerable sirs, hear me. This bhikkhu, named so-and-so, wishes to build a hut by solicitation, ownerless, for his own use. He requests the Sangha to inspect the hut-site. The Sangha appoints the bhikkhus so-and-so and so-and-so to inspect the hut-site for the bhikkhu so-and-so. To whichever venerable one the appointment of the bhikkhus so-and-so and so-and-so to inspect the hut-site for the bhikkhu so-and-so is agreeable, he should remain silent; to whom it is not agreeable, he should speak. "The bhikkhus so-and-so and so-and-so are appointed by the Sangha to inspect the hut-site for the bhikkhu so-and-so. The Sangha agrees, therefore it is silent. Thus do I hold this." 351. Those appointed bhikkhus should go there and inspect the hut-site. They should ascertain whether it is contentious or not contentious, whether it has a circumambulation path or not. If it is contentious and has no circumambulation path, it should be said, "Do not build here." If it is not contentious and has a circumambulation path, it should be reported to the Sangha: "It is not contentious and has a circumambulation path." Then the bhikkhu who is building the hut having approached the Saṅgha, having arranged his upper robe over one shoulder, having bowed at the feet of the elder bhikkhus, having squatted down, having raised his joined palms, he should be addressed thus: “Venerable sirs, I, desiring to build a hut by request, unowned, for my own use. So I, venerable sirs, request the Saṅgha to designate a site for a hut.” A second time he should be requested. A third time he should be requested. A competent and capable bhikkhu should inform the Saṅgha: 352. “May the Saṅgha, venerable sirs, listen to me. This bhikkhu, named so-and-so, desires to build a hut by request, unowned, for his own use. He requests the Saṅgha to designate a site for a hut. If it is suitable for the Saṅgha, the Saṅgha should designate a site for a hut for this bhikkhu, named so-and-so. This is the motion. “May the Saṅgha, venerable sirs, listen to me. This bhikkhu, named so-and-so, desires to build a hut by request, unowned, for his own use. He requests the Saṅgha to designate a site for a hut. The Saṅgha designates a site for a hut for this bhikkhu, named so-and-so. To whichever venerable one the designation of a site for a hut for this bhikkhu, named so-and-so, is agreeable, he should remain silent; to whom it is not agreeable, he should speak. “The site for a hut for this bhikkhu, named so-and-so, has been designated by the Saṅgha. It is agreeable to the Saṅgha, therefore it is silent. Thus do I hold this.” 353. A ‘sārambha’ is an abode of ants, or an abode of termites, or an abode of mice, or an abode of snakes, or an abode of scorpions, or an abode of centipedes, or an abode of elephants, It is a dwelling, or a dwelling for horses, or a dwelling for lions, or a dwelling for tigers, or a dwelling for leopards, or a dwelling for bears, or a dwelling for hyenas, or a dwelling for any kind of animals, or it is dependent on early crops, or dependent on late crops, or dependent on a slaughter, or dependent on a place of execution, or dependent on a charnel ground, or dependent on a park, or dependent on a royal site, or dependent on an elephant stable, or dependent on a horse stable, or dependent on a prison, or dependent on a drinking house, or dependent on a butcher's shop, or dependent on a street, or dependent on a crossroads, or dependent on an assembly hall, or dependent on a thoroughfare. This is called "with trouble". "Without circumambulation" means it is not possible to go around it with a properly yoked cart, or to go around it all around with a ladder. This is called "without circumambulation". "Without trouble" means it is not a dwelling for ants, or not a dwelling for termites, or not a dwelling for mice, or not a dwelling for snakes, or not a dwelling for scorpions, or not a dwelling for centipedes, ... (and so on) ... or not dependent on a thoroughfare. This is called "without trouble". "With circumambulation" means it is possible to go around it with a properly yoked cart, or to go around it all around with a ladder. This is called "with circumambulation". "One who requests" means having requested oneself... even a man, even a man-made thing... ...even clay. A hut, indeed, is either plastered or unplastered or both plastered and unplastered. "Should make" means he makes or causes to be made. If a bhikkhu, without being led, or should exceed the measure of the site declaration, without having the hut-site declared by a motion-and-two-announcements procedure, either in length or in breadth, exceeding even by the measure of a hair's tip, makes or causes to be made, for each attempt, an offense of wrong-doing. Before one lump is brought, an offense of grave offense. When that lump is brought, an offense of Sanghadisesa. "Sanghadisesa" means... ...therefore it is called Sanghadisesa. 354. If a bhikkhu makes a hut with an undeclared site, with disturbance, without circumambulation, there is an offense of Sanghadisesa and two offenses of wrong-doing. If a bhikkhu makes a hut with an undeclared site, with disturbance, with circumambulation, there is an offense of Sanghadisesa and an offense of wrong-doing. If a bhikkhu makes a hut with an undeclared site, without disturbance, without circumambulation, there is an offense of Sanghadisesa and an offense of wrong-doing. If a bhikkhu makes a hut with an undeclared site, without disturbance, with circumambulation, there is an offense of Sanghadisesa. 355. If a bhikkhu makes a hut with a declared site, with disturbance, without circumambulation, there are two offenses of wrong-doing. If a bhikkhu makes a hut with a declared site, with disturbance, with circumambulation, there is an offense of wrong-doing. If a bhikkhu makes a hut with a declared site, without disturbance, without circumambulation, there is an offense of wrong-doing. If a bhikkhu makes a hut with a declared site, without disturbance... Indeed, with a surrounding path, no offense. A bhikkhu makes a hut exceeding the measure, with disturbance, without a surrounding path: an offense of Saṅghādisesa and two dukkaṭas. A bhikkhu makes a hut exceeding the measure, with disturbance, with a surrounding path: an offense of Saṅghādisesa and a dukkaṭa. A bhikkhu makes a hut exceeding the measure, without disturbance, without a surrounding path: an offense of Saṅghādisesa and a dukkaṭa. A bhikkhu makes a hut exceeding the measure, without disturbance, with a surrounding path: an offense of Saṅghādisesa. A bhikkhu makes a hut according to measure, with disturbance, without a surrounding path: an offense of two dukkaṭas. A bhikkhu makes a hut according to measure,