She said, I hear that monks are looking for shelter in many homes.

Why don't you come and stay in my house?

Gautama said, if she's inviting you with so much affection, you must go stay there.

Then people say, he's gone.

Gautama, the Buddha, with a large group of his disciples, who was continuously travelling,

made a rule that during the monsoon season, those two and a half months,

you can stay in the same place.

The rule for the sannyasis, or the monks who were with him,

is you should never stay in any place for more than two days.

Normally, the monks were sheltered in many homes.

So this rule, he passed more than two nights, you don't stay in one house,

because it will be too much of a burden for the host.

They are housing ten people.

You don't stay there for a month, two days, it should have been one day,

two because you have walked a long distance and come, with a recovery time.

But during the monsoon season, he said, up to two to two and a half months,

you can stay in one place, because walking through the jungles of that region,

during the monsoon season would be treacherous, and many would lose their lives.

So this is a time like that, they stayed in a large town,

and they were spread across in many homes.

The monks went out to get their arms from the people,

Ananda, or Ananda Tirta, as he was known,

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