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If a king, an official of the kingdom, or a householder sends a messenger with money to a monk and the said messenger tells the monk,
"Bhante ! This money has been sent for your robes. Please accept it".
The said monk should tell the messenger,
"Abus! I do not accept money for my robes".
If the said messenger offers the money to a householder and asks him to get the necessary robe for the monk, then, the monk is permitted to remind the householder thrice in the maximum about the same robe saying,
"Upāsaka ! I am in need of the robe".
If still the householder does not give the robe to him, he is permitted to go maximum three times and stand with a view to remind him about the robe. If, on this, the householder gives the robe, well and good. But if the monk goes beyond this prescription in order to recover the robe from the householder, then, he has to undergo nassaggiya pācittiya. The monk should see the donor of money and tell him.
"Oh Long-lived man ! Take care of your money lest it should be wasted(47).
(On accumulation of store), the Niśiha Sūtra lays down: If a monk accumulates food, water, medicine, etc., even for a single night, he has to undergo severe atonement for four months (48).
On this, the prescription of the Vinaya Pitaka is:
On Monks ! Ghee, butter, oil, honey and jaggery which are fit to be taken by the ailing monks may be kept for a maximum period of one week and put to ose. If this period is exceeded, then, the monk has to undergo nissaggiya păcittiya(49).
In the Jaina order, monks are completely debarred from taking food at night(50). According to the Vinaya
