Ancient Indian Education (Brahmanical and Buddhist) c31.61

c31.61

It was allowable for monasteries to supply their monks with clothing from the produce of their lands, though the lands might be earmarked by their donors as gifts for food (p. 193). "Thus the church can make use of the benefaction as it likes, without any fault, as long as it carries out the original intention of the giver" (p. 194).