Then Gavesī went to those five hundred lay followers and said to them: ‘From this day forth may the venerables remember me as one who is chaste, set apart, refraining from the vulgar act of sex.’ Then those five hundred lay followers did the same. …

Then Gavesī thought: ‘These five hundred lay followers … are chaste, set apart, refraining from the vulgar act of sex. We’re the same, I’m in no way better. So let me do better.’

Then Gavesī went to those five hundred lay followers and said to them: ‘From this day forth may the venerables remember me as one who eats in one part of the day, abstaining from eating at night, and from food at the wrong time.’ Then those five hundred lay followers did the same. …