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# འདལ་བ་གཞ 2.28

The Chapter on Going Forth; The Chapter on the Restoration Rite; The Chapter on Lifting Restrictions; The Chapter on the Rains; The Chapter on Medicines 2.28

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### [2.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.vinaya.mulasarvastivada.vinayavastu*bo~en-84000.2.28)

I ask those who cannot so accept it to speak now.’  
  
“This is the first statement of the act. It should be repeated verbatim a second and third time. In accepting and giving their consent, the saṅgha erases the large boundary as well as the small boundary, thereby undoing the inner circle. By remaining silent, they assent to the proposed act.  
  
Demarcate  
  
“After that, boarding or resident monks should set firm markers in the four directions to demarcate the large boundary. In the east, south, west, and north, choose a firm marker such as a boulder, wall, pillar, tree, fence, rock crevice, road, or well.  
  
“They should then set firm markers in the four directions to demarcate the small boundary. In the east, south, west, and north, they should choose a firm marker by planting a teakwood stake, stringing yarn, placing a rock, or digging a furrow.¹⁶⁶  
  
“After seats have been arranged, strike the gaṇḍī beam and inform the monks of the matter at hand. Once the whole saṅgha is seated and assembled, a boarding or a resident monk should announce the firm markers in the four directions that demarcate the large boundary, announcing that in the east, south, west, and north the firm markers are a boulder,

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