“Who are entitled to sit on the same seat?” “I allow those with a difference of three years or less in seniority to sit together.” On one occasion a number of monks who were entitled to sit on the same seat were seated on a bed. The bed broke. They were seated on the same bench, and the bench broke. “I allow a maximum of three on the same bed or bench.” The beds and benches still broke. “I allow a maximum of two on the same bed or bench.” At that time, being afraid of wrongdoing, monks who were not entitled to sit on the same seat did not sit together on a long seat. “I allow those who aren’t entitled to sit on the same seat to sit together on a long seat, except with a <i lang='pi' translate='no'>paṇḍaka</i>, a woman, or a hermaphrodite.” The monks thought, “What’s the size of the smallest long seat?”