འདལ་བ་གཞ 4.22

4.22

girl of a good family in a village or on the way to a village. Outraged, the local people might arrive at the park’s gates, whence they hurl curses, … and so on, as before.⁶⁷ There is no offense if he interrupts the rains on account of such conditions.

“A man, woman, or person labeled a paṇḍaka upon whom a monk depended when he pledged to settle for the rains might be apprehended, imprisoned, killed, or have their possessions taken by men;⁶⁸ or flee to another enemy land in fear of men; or die.

“The monk who has pledged to settle for the rains at that site might think, ‘The man, woman, or person labeled a paṇḍaka upon whom I depended when I pledged to settle for the rains might be apprehended, imprisoned, killed, or have their possessions taken by men; or flee to another enemy land in fear of men; or die. If I settle for the rains at this site, these circumstances will be a hindrance to my life, to my ascetic way, to my pure living, so I should leave this site.’

“There is no offense if he interrupts the rains on account of such conditions.

“A monastery may be built in a region inhabited by nonhumans, where a childish, foolish, ignorant, and unskilled latecomer might scatter or throw his feces, urine, phlegm, snot, or vomit, or leave bedding soiled with semen or filth there… and so on, as before.⁶⁹

“There is no offense if he interrupts the rains on account of such conditions.

“A man, woman, or person labeled a paṇḍaka upon whom a monk depended when he pledged to settle for the rains might be apprehended, imprisoned, killed, or have their possessions taken by nonhumans; or flee to another enemy land in fear of nonhumans; or die.⁷⁰

“The monk who has pledged to settle for the rains at that site might think, ‘The man, woman, or person labelled a paṇḍaka upon whom I depended when I pledged to settle for the rains might be apprehended,