འདལ་བ་གཞ notes.3.109
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 notes.3.109
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notes.3.109
109. The Indian monsoon season is traditionally said to last for four months; monks may choose to reside for the first or last three of its months. Those who settle for the rains at the onset of the first month would perform the lifting of restrictions just before the start of the fourth month. Those who settle for the rains at the onset of the second month, however, would not perform the lifting of restrictions until the end of the fourth month. The implication here seems to be that the quarrelsome monks entered the rains retreat at the beginning of the monsoon and are expecting to perform the rite of lifting restrictions that very day. The other monks, who fear quarrel and conflict with these monks, are thus advised to make a ruse by performing the restoration rite instead of the rite of lifting restrictions. This may induce the quarrelsome monks to think the others still have one more month of rains retreat, at which point they will perform the rite of lifting restrictions on their own and depart, leaving the harmonious group out of danger and free from adversaries.