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The rules for atonement in both these sutras are for the head of the gana. They are the ones who must decide which sadhu or sadhvi is worthy of receiving additional possessions and which are not. The atonement for keeping an unworthy possession and rejecting a worthy one is:
8. The bhikkhu who keeps or approves of keeping a possession that is unsuitable for use, unstable, not durable, and not fit to be kept.
9. The bhikkhu who does not keep or approves of not keeping a possession that is suitable for use, stable, durable, and fit to be kept.
(He incurs the atonement of a short chaturmas.)
**Discussion:** All types of equipment, including possessions, should be used as long as they are usable. It is not appropriate to discard them or leave them with a householder. Even if a possession becomes damaged or breaks while in use, it should not be discarded or left behind as long as it remains usable.
If a possession is no longer usable, if transcription or livelihood cannot be fully carried out, or if there are more than three straps or bindings, then it is not appropriate to keep that possession.
Keeping a possession that is no longer usable can lead to attachment to it, such as thinking, "This is my initiation possession." However, a bhikkhu should renounce such attachment and discard it.
These two sutras state that the atonement for discarding a usable possession and keeping an unusable one is a short chaturmas. The atonement for adding and keeping more straps or bindings is mentioned in the first uddeśaka.
See the fifth uddeśaka for a discussion of the words "aṇalaṁ" etc. used in the sutra. The atonement for changing the color of a possession is:
10. The bhikkhu who makes a possession of good color discolored or approves of doing so.
11. The bhikkhu who makes a discolored possession of good color or approves of doing so.
(He incurs the atonement of a short chaturmas.)