At that time monks who had taken on building work left, disrobed, died, admitted to being novice monks, admitted to having renounced the training, admitted to having committed the worst kind of offense, admitted to being insane, admitted to being deranged, admitted to being overwhelmed by pain, admitted to having been ejected for not recognizing an offense, admitted to having been ejected for not making amends for an offense, admitted to having been ejected for not giving up a bad view, admitted to being <i lang='pi' translate='no'>paṇḍakas</i>, admitted to being fake monks, admitted to previously having left to join the monastics of another religion, admitted to being animals, admitted to being matricides, admitted to being patricides, admitted to being murderers of a perfected one, admitted to having raped a nun, admitted to having caused a schism in the Sangha, admitted to having caused the Buddha to bleed, or admitted to being gynandromorphs. They told the Buddha. “If a monk who’s taken on building work departs, it should be given to another, with the thought, ‘What belongs to the Sangha shouldn’t be allowed to deteriorate.’ If a monk who’s taken on building work disrobes, dies, admits to being a novice monk, admits to having renounced the training, admits to having committed the worst kind of offense, admits to being insane, admits to being deranged, admits to being overwhelmed by pain, admits to having been ejected for not recognizing an offense, admits to having been ejected for not making amends for an offense, admits to having been ejected for not giving up a bad view, admits to being a <i lang='pi' translate='no'>paṇḍaka</i>, admits to being a fake monk, admits to previously having left to join the monastics of another religion, admits to being an animal, admits to being a matricide, admits to being a patricide, admits to being a murderer of a perfected one, admits to having raped a nun, admits to having caused a schism in the Sangha, admits to having caused the Buddha to bleed, or admits to being a gynandromorph, it should be given to another, with the thought, ‘What belongs to the Sangha shouldn’t be allowed to deteriorate.’ If a monk who’s taken on building work departs while it’s still unfinished, it should be given to another, with the thought, ‘What belongs to the Sangha shouldn’t be allowed to deteriorate.’