A monk who has participated in the robe-making ceremony leaves the monastery for a different region … “I won’t make a robe, and I won’t return.” For that monk the robe season ends when he makes that decision. A monk who has participated in the robe-making ceremony leaves the monastery for a different region … “I’ll make the robe right here. I won’t return.” He then has the robe made, but it is lost while being made. For that monk the robe season ends when the robe-cloth is lost. The group of nine on “without taking” is finished. 13. The group of five on “meditation going well” A monk who has participated in the robe-making ceremony and whose meditation is going well takes his robe-cloth and leaves the monastery, thinking,