Chapter 19

19.

1. Now at that time Roga the Malla was a friend of the venerable Ânanda's 1. And a linen cloth belonging to Roga the Malla had been deposited in the keeping of the venerable Ânanda; and the venerable Ânanda had need of a linen cloth.

They told this matter to the Blessed One.

'I allow you, O Bhikkhus, to take a thing on trust (that it would be given to you) when it belongs to a person possessed of these five qualifications--he must be an intimate and familiar friend who has been spoken to (about it) 2 and is alive, (and the Bhikkhu taking the thing) must know "He will remain pleased with me after I have taken it." I allow you, O Bhikkhus, to take a thing on trust (that it would be given to you) 3 when it belongs to a person possessed of these five qualifications.'