[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Tibetan canon (Kangyur & Tengyur)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.tibet) › [Kangyur (translated words of the Buddha)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.tibet.kangyur) › [General sūtras](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.tibet.kangyur.mdo_sde) › [འཁར་གསིལ་འཆང་པའི་ཀུན་ཏུ་སྤྱོད་པའི་ཆོ་ག](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.tibet.kangyur.mdo_sde.336) › [The Rite for the Protocols Associated with Carrying the Ringing Staff](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.tibet.kangyur.mdo_sde.336~en-84000) › notes.24 # འཁར་གསལ་འཆང་པའ་ཀན་ཏ་སྤྱད་པའ་ཆ་ག notes.24 The Rite for the Protocols Associated with Carrying the Ringing Staff notes.24 - **Language:** English ### [notes.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.tibet.kangyur.mdo_sde.336~en-84000.notes.24) 24. The Tibetan text permits more than one reading. It can also be read as, “When going for alms rounds, do not be parted from a novice monk or a householder.” The two Chinese versions agree with each other on this rule. Taishō 725c22–23: 欲行當從沙彌若白衣受. “If you wish to go somewhere, receive it from novice monks or householders.” The item in the list found in the Chinese sūtra states the preference for receiving the ringing staff from a novice monk if a novice monk is available. Taishō 725c25–26: 杖欲出時當從沙彌邊受﹐若無沙彌白衣亦得. - [Previous: notes.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.tibet.kangyur.mdo_sde.336~en-84000.notes.23) - [Next: notes.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.tibet.kangyur.mdo_sde.336~en-84000.notes.25) - [Up: notes](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.tibet.kangyur.mdo_sde.336~en-84000.notes) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.tibet.kangyur.mdo_sde.336~en-84000.notes.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.tibet.kangyur.mdo_sde.336~en-84000.notes.24) · Pramāṇa