It’s good that you are patching your robe.” Soon afterwards the Buddha gave a teaching and addressed the monks: “When the cloth is new or nearly new, I allow a double-layered outer robe, a single-layered upper robe, and a single-layered sarong. When the cloth is worn, I allow an outer robe of four layers, a double-layered upper robe, and a double-layered sarong. With rags, you may have as much as you like. With scraps of cloth from a shop, you should search for them. And I allow patches, mending, hems, strips of cloth for marking, and strengthening.” 18. The account of Visākhā After staying at Benares for as long as he liked, the Buddha set out wandering toward Sāvatthī. When he eventually arrived,