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# འདལ་བ་གཞ 4.23

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 4.23

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### [4.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.vinaya.mulasarvastivada.vinayavastu*bo~en-84000.4.23)

imprisoned, killed, or have their possessions taken by nonhumans; or flee to another enemy land in fear of nonhumans; 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.  
  
“The monastery may be built in a region inhabited by beasts of prey, and 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. Outraged, the beasts of prey might then descend upon the village, the way to the village, the walkway, the hall, or the gatehouse, besieging the monks and forcing them to move from their places.  
  
“The monk who has pledged to settle for the rains at that site might think… and so on, as before.  
  
“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 savage beasts; or flee to another

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