‘When his robe is finished and the robe season has ended, if out-of-season robe-cloth is offered to a monk, he may receive it if he wishes.

If he receives it, he should quickly make a robe. If there is not enough cloth, but he is expecting more, he should keep it at most one month to make up the lack. If he keeps it longer than that, then even if he expects more cloth, he commits an offense entailing relinquishment and confession.’”

Definitions When his robe is finished: the monk has made a robe; or the robe-cloth has been lost, destroyed, or burned; or his expectation of receiving further robe-cloth is disappointed. The robe season has ended: it has ended according to one of the eight key phrases or the Sangha has ended it. Out-of-season robe-cloth: for one who has not participated in the robe-making ceremony, it is robe-cloth given during the eleven months. for one who has participated in the robe-making ceremony, it is robe-cloth given during the seven months. Also, if it is given in the robe season, but the cloth is designated, it is called “out-of-season robe-cloth”. If it is offered: If it is offered by a sangha, by a group, by a relative, or by a friend, or if it is rags, or if he got it by means of his own property. If he wishes: if he desires, he may receive it. If he receives it, he should quickly make a robe: it should be made within ten days. If there is not enough cloth: if there is not enough cloth when the robe is being made. He should keep it at most one month: he should keep it one month at a maximum. To make up the lack: for the purpose of making up the lack. But he is expecting more: he is expecting more from a sangha, from a group, from a relative, or from a friend, or he is expecting to get rags, or he is expecting to get it by means of his own property.