After staying at Āḷavī for as long as he wanted, the Buddha set out wandering toward Kosambī. When he eventually arrived, he stayed at the Badarikā Monastery. Just then the monks there said to Venerable Rāhula, “Rāhula, the Buddha has laid down a training rule that we can’t lie down in the same sleeping place as a person who’s not fully ordained. Please find another sleeping place.” Since Rāhula was not able to find a sleeping place, he lay down in the restroom. Then, after rising early in the morning, the Buddha went to the restroom where he cleared his throat. Rāhula, too, cleared his throat. “Who’s there?” “It’s me, sir, Rāhula.” “Why are you sitting here, Rāhula?” Rāhula told the Buddha what had happened. Soon afterwards the Buddha gave a teaching and addressed the monks: “Monks, I allow you to lie down in the same sleeping place as a person who isn’t fully ordained for two or three nights. And so, monks, this training rule should be recited like this:

Final ruling ‘If a monk lies down more than two or three nights in the same sleeping place as a person who is not fully ordained, he commits an offense entailing confession.’”

Definitions A: whoever … Monk: … The monk who has been given the full ordination by a unanimous Sangha through a legal procedure consisting of one motion and three announcements that is irreversible and fit to stand—this sort of monk is meant in this case. A person who is not fully ordained: anyone except a fully ordained monk.