[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) › 4.29 # འདལ་བ་གཞ 4.29 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 4.29 - **Language:** English ### [4.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.vinaya.mulasarvastivada.vinayavastu*bo~en-84000.4.29) “A monk might pledge to settle for the earlier three rainy months at a particular site. If, having made a pledge, he takes a tally stick, takes bedding, settles for the rains, and goes, once excused, beyond the boundary for up to seven days to tend to some business, his would count as the earlier three rainy months at that site and he would not be guilty of a misdeed because of his pledge. “There will be no offense of interrupting the rains if after seven days pass while he is tending to saṅgha business.” The Twelve for Earlier and the Twelve for Later “Just as there are six permutations in which a monk tends to some business, there are also six in which he does not. Just as there is an earlier part of the three months, there is also a later part of the three months.”⁸² May those beautiful flowers that have rained down From the Great Sage’s moon-like visage Remain among beings for a long time to come, Overcoming evil views without being snared. Translated by the Kāśmirī preceptor Sarvajñādeva, the Indian preceptor Vidyākāraprabha, the Kāśmirī preceptor Dharmākāra, and the translator and monk Palgyi Lhunpo. The Indian preceptor Vidyākāraprabha and the chief editor of translations, the monk Paltsek, retranslated and proofed the text before settling upon the final version. The Buddha said that acceptance is the supreme hardship, acceptance is the supreme nirvāṇa. One who harms other renunciants and does violence to them is not an ascetic. ye dharmā hetuprabhavā hetuṃ teṣāṃ tathāgata uvāca, teṣāṃ ca yo nirodha evaṃvadī mahāśramaṇaḥ General Summary of the Contents of the Chapter on Medicines - [Previous: 4.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.vinaya.mulasarvastivada.vinayavastu*bo~en-84000.4.28) - [Next: 5.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.vinaya.mulasarvastivada.vinayavastu*bo~en-84000.5.53) - [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.4.29) — Classical Tibetan --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.vinaya.mulasarvastivada.vinayavastu*bo~en-84000.4.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.vinaya.mulasarvastivada.vinayavastu*bo~en-84000.4.29) · Pramāṇa