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## [Nishith Sutra]
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**20.** A monk who requests a staff, stick, writing implement, or bamboo needle from a householder, saying "I will return it tomorrow," and returns it today or approves of the return,
**21.** A monk who requests a staff, stick, writing implement, or bamboo needle from a householder, saying "I will return it today," and returns it tomorrow or approves of the return,
**22.** A monk who requests a staff, stick, writing implement, or bamboo needle from a householder, saying "I will return it tomorrow," and returns it today or approves of the return, (incurs a minor monthly atonement).
**Discussion:** A staff, stick, etc. are also objects that can be accepted as a gift. These can also be accepted from a householder or another person with the promise of returning them. They can be accepted for a day or two, or for a longer period. Here, the atonement is for the lack of discernment in language.
**Atonement related to returning bedding materials:**
**23.** A monk who, having returned the bedding materials of another householder or a householder, uses them again without asking permission, or approves of their use, (incurs a minor monthly atonement).
**Discussion:** The term "Padihariyam" is used for bedding materials brought from elsewhere, and the term "Sagariy-Santiyam" is used for bedding materials, etc., that are kept at the place of stay.
If a monk does not need the bedding materials, he should hand them over to the householder at the shelter. Later, if he needs them again, he must ask the householder's permission. If he takes them without asking permission again, he incurs atonement according to this sutra.
The bedding materials of a householder can be left in his house, but bedding materials brought from another householder's house can also be left in the shelter for a short time. This is implied by this atonement sutra and the Vyavahar Sutra Uddeshak 8. However, before going on a journey, they must be returned to their rightful place and handed over. This is stated in the Bahutkalp Uddeshak 3, and if they are not returned, atonement is incurred according to the Nishith Uddeshak 2.
**Atonement for spinning cotton:**
**24.** A monk who spins cotton from flax, wool, pond cotton, or amil cotton, or approves of it,