[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Buddhist Sanskrit literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit) › [Monastic discipline of the Indian schools](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.vinaya) › [The Vinaya of the Mūlasarvāstivādins](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.vinaya.mulasarvastivada) › [Vinayavastu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.vinaya.mulasarvastivada.vinayavastu) › [འདུལ་བ་གཞི](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.vinaya.mulasarvastivada.vinayavastu*bo) › [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](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.vinaya.mulasarvastivada.vinayavastu*bo~en-84000) › 4.24 # འདལ་བ་གཞ 4.24 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 4.24 - **Language:** English ### [4.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.vinaya.mulasarvastivada.vinayavastu*bo~en-84000.4.24) enemy land in fear of savage beasts; 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 savage beasts; or flee to another enemy land in fear of savage beasts; 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 nāgas… and so on, as before.⁷¹ 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 nāgas; or flee to another enemy land in fear of nāgas; 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 nāgas; or flee to another enemy land in fear of nāgas; 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.’ - [Previous: 4.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.vinaya.mulasarvastivada.vinayavastu*bo~en-84000.4.23) - [Next: 4.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.vinaya.mulasarvastivada.vinayavastu*bo~en-84000.4.25) - [Up: 4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.vinaya.mulasarvastivada.vinayavastu*bo~en-84000.4) ## Linked texts (1) - [འདུལ་བ་གཞི](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.vinaya.mulasarvastivada.vinayavastu*bo.4.24) — Classical Tibetan --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.vinaya.mulasarvastivada.vinayavastu*bo~en-84000.4.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.vinaya.mulasarvastivada.vinayavastu*bo~en-84000.4.24) · Pramāṇa