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VIII, 8, 2. REGULATIONS AS TO DUTIES OF BHIKKHUS. 297
khus, 'No one, O Bhikkhus, is to [do so]. Whosoever does, shall be guilty of a dukkata.
2. “Therefore, O Bhikkhus, do I establish a rule of conduct for the Bhikkhus, in respect of the hot bath-room ', according to which they ought to behave themselves therein.
Whosoever first enters the bath-room, if ashes have accumulated in the fireplace) should throw the ashes out. If the hot bath-room, or its prepared flooring, or the cell, or the ante-chamber of the bath, or the cooling-room, or the hall are dirty, they should be swept. The chunam should be pounded, the clay moistened with water, and water poured into the water-jar.
When entering the hot bath-room, the face should be smeared over with clay, and the person well covered up in front and behind before entering. A seat is not to be taken so as to hustle the senior Bhikkhus, and junior Bhikkhus are not to be ousted from their seats. If possible, shampooing is to be performed for the senior Bhikkhus in the hot bath-room.
When leaving the hot bath-room, the chair (that has been used to sit on before the fire) should be carried off, and the person well covered up before and behind before leaving. If possible, shampooing is to be performed for the senior Bhikkhus in the water also.
A bath is not to be taken in front of the senior Bhikkhus, nor above them. One who has bathed
· Gantâghara, not simply bath-room, but room in which hot or steam baths were taken. Most of the following expressions occur in Mahavagga I, 25, 12, or above at V, 14, 3.
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