“Nigrodha, what were you sitting talking about just now? What conversation was left unfinished?” Then Nigrodha, having quieted those wanderers, said to the Buddha, They tear out their hair and beard, committed to this practice. They constantly stand, turning down seats. They squat, committed to the endeavor of squatting. They lie on a mat of thorns, making a mat of thorns their bed. They make their bed on a plank, or the bare ground. They lie only on one side. They wear dust and dirt. They stay