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If the preceptor's dye needs cooking, the co-resident should cook it, or strive: "How might the preceptor's dye be cooked?" If the preceptor's robe needs dyeing, the co-resident should dye it, or strive: "How might the preceptor's robe be dyed?" When dyeing the robe, it should be dyed thoroughly, turning it over and over, and one should not leave while drops are still falling. Without asking the preceptor, one should not give a bowl to anyone, nor accept a bowl from anyone; one should not give a robe to anyone, nor accept a robe from anyone; one should not give an accessory to anyone, nor accept an accessory from anyone; one should not cut anyone's hair, nor have anyone's hair cut; one should not perform personal service for anyone, nor have personal service performed for anyone; one should not perform a service for anyone, nor have a service performed for anyone; one should not be a junior companion to anyone, nor take anyone as a junior companion; one should not carry out almsfood for anyone, nor have almsfood carried out for anyone; without asking the preceptor, one should not enter a village; one should not go to a charnel ground; nor to a direction should be departed. If the preceptor is sick, he should be attended to for life; his recovery should be awaited. The duties towards the preceptor are finished. 16. Discourse on the Duties towards a Pupil 67. By the preceptor, monks, one should behave properly towards the pupil. And this is the proper behavior – By the preceptor, monks, the pupil should be taken care of, should be helped, by instruction, by questioning, by advice, by admonition. If the preceptor has a bowl, and the pupil does not have a bowl, the preceptor should give a bowl to the pupil, or effort should be made – how might a bowl arise for the pupil? If the preceptor has a robe, and the pupil does not have a robe, the preceptor should give a robe to the pupil, or effort should be made – how might a robe arise for the pupil? If the preceptor has requisites, and the pupil does not have requisites, the preceptor should give requisites to the pupil, or effort should be made – how might requisites arise for the pupil? If the pupil is sick, having risen early, a tooth-stick should be given, mouth-water should be given, a seat should be prepared. If there is gruel, having washed the bowl, gruel should be offered. Having given water to him who has drunk the gruel, having received the bowl, having lowered it, it should be washed thoroughly without resentment and put away. When the pupil has risen, the seat should be removed. If that place is dirty, that place should be swept. If the pupil wishes to enter the village, an under-robe should be given, the returned under-robe should be received, a waist-band should be given, having made them ready, the outer robes should be given, having washed it, a bowl with water should be given. Thinking "He will return by this time," a seat should be prepared, foot-water, a foot-stool... The foot-mat should be put away. Going forth, the bowl and robe should be received. The under-robe should be given. The under-robe should be received. If the robe is wet, it should be aired in the sun for a moment. The robe should not be left in the sun. The robe should be folded. When folding the robe, the corner should be raised four finger-breadths and the robe should be folded so that there is no crease in the middle. The waist-band should be made into a loop. If there is alms-food, and the pupil wishes to eat, water should be given, and the alms-food should be offered. The pupil should be asked about drinking water. When he has eaten, water should be given, the bowl should be received, lowered, and carefully washed without splashing, then dried, and aired in the sun for a moment. The bowl should not be left in the sun. The bowl and robe should be put away. When putting away the bowl, holding the bowl with one hand, and touching the under-bed or under-stool with the other hand, the bowl should be put away. The bowl should not be placed directly on the ground. When putting away the robe, holding the robe with one hand, and wiping the robe-pole or robe-rope with the other hand, making one end far and the other end a loop, the robe should be put away. When the pupil has risen, the seat should be put away. The foot-water, foot-stool, and foot-mat should be put back. If that place is dirty, that place should be swept. If the pupil wishes to bathe, the bath should be prepared. If cold water is desired, cold water should be prepared. If hot water is desired, hot water should be prepared. If the pupil wishes to enter the hot-room, powder should be mixed, clay should be moistened. Taking the hot-room stool, it should be given, the robe should be received and put aside. Powder should be given, clay should be given. If he is able, The hot-room should be entered. Entering the hot-room, one should smear the face with clay, and covering oneself in front and behind, enter the hot-room. One should not sit pressing against senior bhikkhus. New bhikkhus should not be kept from their seats. In the hot-room, service should be rendered to one's co-resident. Leaving the hot-room, one should take the hot-room seat, and covering oneself in front and behind, leave the hot-room. Even in water, service should be rendered to one's co-resident. Having bathed, one should first come out, dry one's own body, dress, then wipe the water from the co-resident's body, give him his lower robe, give him his outer robe. Taking the hot-room seat, one should first come and arrange the seat, place the foot-water, foot-stool, and foot-mat. The co-resident should be asked for drinking water. In whatever dwelling the co-resident dwells, if that dwelling is dirty, if one is able, it should be cleaned. Cleaning the dwelling, first the bowl and robes should be taken out and placed aside; the sitting mat should be taken out and placed aside; the cushion should be taken out and placed aside; the bed, lowering it carefully, without striking, without scraping the door frame, should be taken out and placed aside; the chair, lowering it carefully, without striking, without scraping the door frame, should be taken out and placed aside; the bed legs should be taken out and placed aside; the spittoon should be taken out and placed aside; the backrest board should be taken out and placed aside; the floor covering, observing how it was laid, should be taken out and placed aside. If there is cobweb in the dwelling, first the ceiling should be swept down, the corners of the window frames should be wiped. If it is plastered with red ochre If the wall is dusty, a cloth should be moistened, wrung out, and wiped. If the dark-colored ground is dusty, a cloth should be moistened, wrung out, and wiped. If the ground is not yet prepared, it should be sprinkled with water and swept— lest the monastery be covered with dust. Rubbish should be collected and thrown aside. The floor covering should be aired, cleaned, shaken out, and then brought back and arranged as prescribed. The bed legs should be aired, wiped, and then brought back and placed in their proper positions. The bed should be aired, cleaned, shaken out, lowered carefully, without striking or scraping the door frame, and then brought back and arranged as prescribed. The chair should be aired, cleaned, shaken out, lowered carefully, without striking or scraping the door frame, and then brought back and arranged as prescribed. The cushion cover should be aired, cleaned, shaken out, and then brought back and arranged as prescribed. The sitting mat should be aired, cleaned, shaken out, and then brought back and arranged as prescribed. The spittoon should be aired, wiped, and then brought back and placed in its proper position. The backrest board should be aired, wiped, and then brought back and placed in its proper position. The bowl and robe should be put away. When putting away the bowl, one hand should hold the bowl, and the other hand should touch the underside of the bed or chair, and then the bowl should be put away. The bowl should not be placed directly on the ground. When putting away the robe, one hand should hold the robe, and the other hand should wipe the robe-pole or robe-rope, then fold the robe with the outer part inwards, and then the robe should be put away. If dusty winds blow from the east, the eastern windows should be closed. If dusty winds blow from the west, the western windows should be closed. If dusty winds blow from the north, the northern windows should be closed. The windows should be closed. If dusty south winds blow, the south windows should be closed. If it is the cold season, the windows should be opened by day, and closed by night. If it is the hot season, the windows should be closed by day, and opened by night. If the monastery compound is dirty, the monastery compound should be swept. If the storeroom is dirty, the storeroom should be swept. If the service hall is dirty, the service hall should be swept. If the fire hall is dirty, the fire hall should be swept. If the latrine is dirty, the latrine should be swept. If there is no drinking water, drinking water should be provided. If there is no water for use, water for use should be provided. If there is no water in the rinsing jar, water should be poured into the rinsing jar. If discontent has arisen in the co-resident, the preceptor should appease him, or have him appeased, or a Dhamma talk should be given to him. If remorse has arisen in the co-resident, the preceptor should remove it, or have it removed, or a Dhamma talk should be given to him. If a wrong view has arisen in the co-resident, the preceptor should clarify it, or have it clarified, or a Dhamma talk should be given to him. If the co-resident has committed a serious offense and is eligible for probation, the preceptor should make an effort – "How might the Sangha grant probation to the co-resident?"