Thieves stole that robe, and as a result he became poorly dressed. When other monks asked him why, he told them what had happened. “You shouldn’t enter a village in just your sarong and upper robe. If you do, you commit an offense of wrong conduct.” Soon afterwards Venerable Ānanda, being absentminded, entered a village in just his sarong and upper robe. The monks said to him, “Hasn’t the Buddha laid down a rule against entering the village in just a sarong and an upper robe?” Ānanda told them what had happened.