The monks thought, “Who should learn the counting of the lunar half-months?” “You should all learn the counting of the lunar half-months.” On another occasion, while the monks were walking for almsfood, people asked them how many monks there were. that they did not know. People complained and criticized them, “These Sakyan monastics don’t even know about one another. So how could they possibly know anything truly useful?” “You should count the monks.” The monks thought, “When should we count the monks?”