Chapter Sixty-Nine
CHAPTER SIXTY-NINE
That in the Monastery No One Presume to Defend Another
CARE must be taken that on no occasion one monk presume to defend another in the monastery, or to act as if he were his patron protector, even in cases where they may be closely related by ties of blood. No such presumption should be undertaken by the monks ever, because such conduct can give rise to very grave scandal. If anyone should overstep this rule, let him be rather severely punished.