འདལ་བ་གཞ 4.10

4.10

prepares much wealth in the form of cloth and food and sends a messenger to the monks with the message, ‘Noble ones! Come, I will give you sustenance,’ a monk may leave on a male lay vow holder’s business after having a seven-day leave sanctioned. This is a male lay vow holder’s business.

“Another instance of a male lay vow holder’s business: If a male lay vow holder, who is about to establish a monastery for the saṅgha of monks in the four directions, prepares much wealth in the form of cloth and food and sends a messenger to the monks with the message, ‘Noble ones! Come, I will give you sustenance,’ a monk may leave on a male lay vow holder’s business after having a seven-day leave sanctioned. This is a male lay vow holder’s business.

“Another instance of a male lay vow holder’s business: If a male lay vow holder, who is about to offer bedding and seating for that monastery, prepares much wealth in the form of cloth and food and sends a messenger to the monks with the message, ‘Noble ones! Come, I will give you sustenance,’ a monk may leave on a male lay vow holder’s business after having a seven-day leave sanctioned. This is a male lay vow holder’s business.

“Another instance of a male lay vow holder’s business: If a male lay vow holder, who is about to establish steady alms for that monastery,⁴⁵ prepares much wealth in the form of cloth and food and sends a messenger to the monks with the message, ‘Noble ones! Come, I will give you sustenance,’ a monk may leave on a male lay vow holder’s business after having a seven-day leave sanctioned. This is a male lay vow holder’s business.

“Another instance of a male lay vow holder’s business: If a male lay vow holder, who is about to build a stūpa for the bodily remains of a tathāgata at that monastery,