འདལ་བ་གཞ 2.4

2.4

“Those who are out on their rounds should not engage in yoga.”

When they engaged in yoga at the monastery gatehouse, they fell asleep, prompting those who lacked faith to taunt those noble ones: “Hey you! Is it your practice to sleep in public?”⁹²

At this the monks appealed to the Blessed One and the Blessed One replied, “You should not engage in yoga at the gatehouse.”

When they engaged in yoga on the terrace⁹³ and those same problems occurred, the Blessed One said, “You should not engage in yoga on the terrace.”

When they practiced in the residence hall,⁹⁴ they failed to achieve single-pointed attention because noise is a thorn to concentration, so the monks appealed to the Blessed One and the Blessed One replied, “You should not engage in yoga in the residence hall.”

When they went into the forest to practice, and bandits, rogues, lions, tigers, panthers,⁹⁵ and leopards crossed their paths, the monks appealed to the Blessed One and the Blessed One replied, “You should not engage in yoga in the forest.”

When they practiced on the outskirts of towns, those who lacked faith taunted those noble ones: “Hey you! Are you dead or what?”⁹⁶

At this the monks appealed to the Blessed One and the Blessed One replied, “You should surround a place with boughs, a lattice, or screens.”

So they surrounded a place with boughs, a lattice, and screens, but those who lacked faith taunted those noble ones: “What is this? A garden for melons and radishes?”

At this the monks appealed to the Blessed One and the Blessed One replied,