The communal recitation at Rājagaha The senior monks then went to Rājagaha to recite the Teaching and the Monastic Law. “The Buddha has praised repairing what’s defective and broken. Well then, let’s spend the first month doing repairs, and then gather for the middle month to recite the Teaching and the Monastic Law.” They then spent the first month doing repairs. Venerable Ānanda thought, “It wouldn’t be proper for me to go to the assembly tomorrow if I’m still a trainee.” After spending most of the night with mindfulness directed to the body, early in the morning he bent over to lie down. In the interval between his feet coming off the ground and his head hitting the pillow,