After being released, that monk went to the monastery and told the monks what had happened. The monks of few desires complained and criticized him, “How could a monk pick up precious things?” … “Is it true, monk, that you did this?” “It’s true, sir.” The Buddha rebuked him … “Foolish man, how could you do this? This will affect people’s confidence …” … “And, monks, this training rule should be recited like this:

First preliminary ruling ‘If a monk picks up something precious or something regarded as precious, or he has it picked up, he commits an offense entailing confession.’”

In this way the Buddha laid down this training rule for the monks.

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