At that time the monks from the group of six wore sandals decorated with lionskin, tiger skin, leopard skin, deerskin, otter skin, cat skin, squirrel skin, and bat skin. People complained and criticized them, “They’re just like householders who indulge in worldly pleasures!” “You shouldn’t wear sandals decorated with lionskin, tiger skin, leopard skin, deerskin, otter skin, cat skin, squirrel skin, or bat skin. If you do, you commit an offense of wrong conduct.”

4. The allowance for second-hand sandals with multi-layered soles