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as the distributor of small items is agreeable to any venerable one, he should remain silent; if it is not agreeable, he should speak. ‘‘The bhikkhu named so-and-so has been appointed by the Saṅgha as the distributor of small items. It is agreeable to the Saṅgha, therefore it is silent, thus I hold this to be.’’ By that monk who is not careless in giving small things, a needle should be given, a knife should be given, sandals should be given, a belt should be given, a shoulder-strap should be given, a water-strainer should be given, a fan should be given, a hoe should be given, a half-hoe should be given, a circle (tool) should be given, a half-circle (tool) should be given, a wind-screen should be given, a vessel should be given. If the Sangha has ghee or oil or honey or molasses, it should be given for one tasting. If there is need again, it should be given again. Appointment of a robe-receiver and others 329. Now at that time, the Sangha had no robe-receiver, ... (and so on) ... no bowl-receiver, no monastery-worker sender, no novice-sender. The novices, not being sent, did not do the work. They reported this matter to the Blessed One. "I allow, monks, to appoint a monk as a novice-sender who is endowed with five qualities – who does not go by way of desire, who does not go by way of hatred, who does not go by way of delusion, who does not go by way of fear, and who knows what is sent and not sent. And thus, monks, he should be appointed. First, the monk should be asked. Having asked, a competent and able monk should inform the Sangha – "May the Sangha, venerable sirs, hear me. If it is suitable for the Sangha, the Sangha should appoint the monk named so-and-so as the novice-sender. This is the motion. "May the Sangha, venerable sirs, hear me. The Sangha appoints the monk named so-and-so as the novice-sender. To whichever venerable one the appointment of the monk named so-and-so as novice-sender is agreeable, he should remain silent. To whichever one it is not agreeable, he should speak. "The monk named so-and-so is appointed by the Sangha as the novice-sender. It is agreeable to the Sangha, therefore it is silent. Thus I hold this." The Third Recitation Section is finished. The Sixth Chapter on Dwellings. Its summary – A dwelling by the Buddha, the best, was not then prescribed; Here and there one goes out. Indeed, your dwellings, disciples of the Victor. The rich householder, seeing, Spoke this to the monks; "I will have them made, you may dwell," They asked the Leader in return. A monastery, a half-gabled house, A mansion, a turreted house, a cave; He permitted five cells, The rich man had monasteries built. People build monasteries, Unbarred, unsecured; A door, a back-frame, And a mortar, further. A bolt-hole, a rope, A pulley, and a monkey-head; A pin-fastened bolt-hole, An iron-wood peg. A machine, and a pin, A roof, plastered and smeared; A railing, a lattice, a bar, And a wheel, with a mat. A couch of reeds and split bamboo, A bed for the dead, without essence; A bed with a rounded, crab-like leg, A movable chair, on high. A seven-limbed auspicious seat, A stool with a leg like a bird's foot; A couch like an amalaka fruit-plank, And a straw seat. High-footed supports, And eight-fingered feet; A thread, an eight-footed cloth, A mattress, a half-body cover. A mountain peak, and cushions, And a cloth, and a sleeping place; It falls down when covered, They pull it out and take it away. A support, and a hand-support, The Tathāgata permitted; And also in the monasteries of sectarians, Chaff, fine earth. A broom, a water pot, a bowl, Mustard, sesame oil; To remove what is excessive, Rough, lumpy earth. A broom, and a clever device, Low heaps, and a climb; The rafters fall down, Three times again, a half-wall. A small wall-foot, It rains into a barren pond; A robe-pole, and a rope, And a veranda, with a fence. A support, grass-dust, Make a path below; It gets hot in the open air, A hall, and a vessel below. A monastery, and a storehouse, A cell, a fire-hall; And again in the park, in the storehouse, Make a path below. Sudhā, Anāthapiṇḍika, Faithful, went to Sītavana; Having seen the Dhamma, he invited, The Leader with the Sangha. He commanded on the way, The group built a park; In Vesālī, new work, He undertook in front. Who is worthy in the refectory, Tit And on the side, not to be saluted. Having taken over the inner house, a mass arrived at Sāvatthī. He established a monastery, and at the refectory, a clamor. The sick ones and excellent beds, seventeen kinds were there. By what then, how then, did the monastery leader divide? A cell and a share, unwillingly he did not give a share. Boundless and at all times, three graspings in the lodgings. And Upananda described, the standing ones had equal seating. Those of equal seating broke, the three-group and the two-group. Those of unequal seating, to use the long veranda. And the elder lady nearby, and divided at the worm-heap. Āḷavī by clods of earth, a door-bolt-ring. And light, white, and black, bound with ochre coverings. Goods, fragments, and surrounding goods, twenty and thirty times. Having settled, the undone brahmin, to the young one, six or five years old. And in middle age, seven or eight, to the elder, ten, twelve. All the monastery to one, they settle another communal one. Boundless and at all times, he departed and they wander about. And time and a novice, the final rejection of training. And mad, disturbed in mind, seeing the suffering and the offense. With an unrectified view, eunuchs, thieving sectarians. Animals, mother and father, and defilers of Arahants. Schismatics, those who cause blood to flow, and also hermaphrodites. Let not the Saṅgha be diminished, the procedure to be given to another. And when undone by another, when done, he departs from that very one. He wanders about, having died, and a novice is born. And having rejected the training, if one has fallen into the last offense. The Saṅgha itself is the owner, madness, disturbed mind, suffering. In non-seeing, in non-rectification, that view is of that very one. A eunuch, a thieving sectarian, and related to animals, mother, father. A murderer, a defiler, and also schism, blood-flow, hermaphrodite. If he acknowledges, the Saṅgha itself is the owner. Taking away elsewhere, remorse, and he pulls out a blanket. And a cloth, a leather sandal, and they trample a rag. Wet sandals and bricks, they scratch and they do not see. He just scratches a backrest, washed and returned. And by the elder. In Rājagaha they are not able, a bad food distributor; How indeed a prescriber, the appointment of a storekeeper. And also the receiver and distributor, and the gruel and fruit distributor; And the hard food distributor, the dispenser of small things. And the cloth receiver, likewise the bowl receiver; Of the monastery attendant and novice, and the appointment of the messenger. Overcoming all, knower of the world, with a mind for welfare, the leader; And for refuge and for happiness, and for meditating and for insight. The chapter on lodgings is finished.