[502] "For householders, bhikkhus, possessions are hard to accumulate, and even when accumulated they are hard to protect. And yet there you are, foolish men — with regard to possessions so hard to accumulate and, even when accumulated, so hard to protect — you will dwell abounding in begging, abounding in hinting: 'Give a man, give a workman, give an ox, give a cart, give an adze, give an axe, give a hatchet, give a spade, give a chisel, give a creeper, give bamboo, give muñja grass, give pabbaja reeds, give grass, give clay.' This, foolish men, is not for the arousing of confidence in those without confidence … And thus, bhikkhus, you should recite this training rule (sikkhāpada):
"When a bhikkhu is having a hut built by means of his own begging (saññācikā) — having no sponsor, and intended for himself — it must be built to the measure. Here this is the measure: in length, twelve spans of the sugata-span (sugatavidatthi); across, seven spans on the inside. Bhikkhus must be brought to designate the site. By those bhikkhus a site should be designated that involves no harm and has space for walking around it. If a bhikkhu should have a hut built by means of his own begging upon a site involving harm and lacking space to walk around, or should not bring bhikkhus to designate the site, or should exceed the measure, it is an offense entailing initial and subsequent meetings of the Saṅgha (saṅghādisesa)."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.