四分律比丘含注戒本 1.186

1.186

At that time, the Saṃgha should observe this bhikṣu: if he is trustworthy, they immediately grant permission for him to build it; if he is not trustworthy, the Saṃgha goes to inspect it. If the Saṃgha does not go, it should send a trustworthy member of the Saṃgha to inspect it. If there are obstacles or dangers, they should not assign it; if there are none, they should grant it. The Saṃgha should depute one who is competent to perform the karman: whether a senior monk, a monk of middle rank, one who recites the Vinaya, or one who does not recite the Vinaya. He should make the motion, saying: ‘May the Venerable Saṃgha listen! Bhikṣu so-and-so is begging to build a hut for himself that is ownerless and made for himself; he now asks the Saṃgha to assign a site free of dangers and obstacles. If the time has come for the Saṃgha, and the Saṃgha gives its consent, it should assign a site free of dangers and obstacles to bhikṣu so-and-so. This is the motion. May the Venerable Saṃgha listen! Bhikṣu so-and-so begs to build a hut for himself that is ownerless and made for himself, asking the Saṃgha to assign a site free of dangers and obstacles. The Saṃgha now assigns a site free of dangers and obstacles to bhikṣu so-and-so. Whichever elders consent to the Saṃgha assigning a site free of dangers and obstacles to bhikṣu so-and-so, let them remain silent; whoever does not consent, let him speak. The Saṃgha has consented to assign a site free of dangers and obstacles to bhikṣu so-and-so, for the Saṃgha is silent, and thus it is consented; so should this matter be held.’ The one who builds the hut should know that this applies from the initial setting of stones, digging the trench, and laying mud bricks, up to the final plastering.