“How are the back-and-knee straps to be made?” “I allow a warp, a reed, a weft, a shuttle, and all weaving equipment.” On one occasion a monk went to the village for alms without a belt. His sarong fell off on the street. People shouted out, and he felt humiliated. When he had returned to the monastery, he told the monks what had happened. They in turn told the Buddha, who said: “You shouldn’t enter an inhabited area without a belt. If you do, you commit an offense of wrong conduct.