Discourses and rules set at Āḷavī

A group of discourses and rules are set at Āḷavī but give no year; since in the table of rains retreats of the Southern tradition the Buddha kept the retreat at Āḷavī only this once, they are listed as events that may belong to this year. The discourses include: on a cold winter night the Buddha sleeps on a mat of fallen leaves in a wood beside a cattle track, and Hatthaka the householder comes to ask after him, and the Buddha says he has slept well; the Buddha speaks of the seven good qualities Hatthaka the householder possesses and the four means by which he holds his following together; and several discourses of Vaṅgīsa at Āḷavī. The rules include not soliciting the building of a hut for oneself, not digging the ground, not cutting plants, and not using water containing living creatures. Source text