At that time the monks from the group of six were singing the Teaching with a drawn-out voice. People complained and criticized them, “These Sakyan monastics sing with a drawn-out voice just like we do.” The monks heard the complaints of those people, and the monks of few desires complained and criticized them, “How can the monks from the group of six sing like this?” They told the Buddha. “Is it true, monks, that the monks from the group of six are singing like this?” “It’s true, sir.” … the Buddha gave a teaching and addressed the monks: “There are these five drawbacks to singing the Teaching with a drawn-out voice: one delights in the sound; others delight in the sound; householders criticize it; when one who takes pleasure in performing with the voice, one’s stillness is disrupted; later generations follow one’s example. You shouldn’t sing the Teaching with a drawn-out voice. If you do, you commit an offense of wrong conduct.”

Being afraid of wrongdoing, the monks did not chant. They told the Buddha. “I allow chanting.”

At that time the monks from the group of six wore fleecy woolen robes with fleece on the outside. People complained and criticized them, “They’re just like householders who indulge in worldly pleasures!” “You shouldn’t wear a fleecy woolen robe with fleece on the outside. If you do, you commit an offense of wrong conduct.”

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