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**First Objective** ]
47. A monk who attaches a patch to his robe or approves of someone who does so. 48. A monk who attaches more than three patches to his robe or approves of someone who does so.
49. A monk who sews his robe improperly or approves of someone who does so. 50. A monk who ties a knot in a torn robe or approves of someone who does so.
51. A monk who ties more than three knots in a torn robe or approves of someone who does so.
52. A monk who joins a torn robe with one stitch or approves of someone who does so.
53. A monk who joins torn robes with more than three stitches or approves of someone who does so.
54. A monk who joins a robe improperly or approves of someone who does so. 55. A monk who joins a cloth of one kind to a cloth of another kind or approves of someone who does so.
56. A monk who keeps a robe with extra joins, etc., for more than a month and a half or approves of someone who does so. (He incurs the Guru-masik penance.)
**Discussion:**
**Patch:** When a robe is damaged by a hole made by a rat, dog, etc., or by sparks of fire, and the remaining part is usable, it is necessary to attach a patch to the robe. Other such reasons should also be understood. The discussion regarding one patch and three patches should be understood as before.
**Improper Sewing:** It is necessary to sew when attaching a patch to a robe, but it should be done in a way that takes the least amount of time and is well-stitched. Many types of sewing are mentioned in the commentaries and Churnis, the meaning of which should be understood from the Guru.
**Tying a Knot:** If a robe is not worn out and has torn due to entanglement or pressure, then, in the absence of a needle, etc., to sew it, both edges of the robe are held and a knot is tied. Such knot tying is considered minor in one place and major in three places. If even after tying knots in three places, the robe is not usable, then a needle, etc., should be obtained and it should be sewn. But more than three knots should not be tied.
The word "improper" should be understood here as well from the above sutra 50, meaning that in tying a knot also, there should be no improper method, but rather a proper method should be followed. This also clarifies...