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If the preceptor wishes to bathe, the bath should be prepared. If cold water is needed, cold water should be prepared. If hot water is needed, hot water should be prepared. If the preceptor wishes to enter the hot-bath house, powder should be collected, clay should be moistened. Taking the hot-bath house stool, going behind the preceptor, giving the hot-bath house stool, receiving the robe, it should be put aside. Powder should be given, clay should be given. If one is able, the hot-bath house should be entered. When entering the hot-bath house, having smeared the face with clay, and covered oneself in front and behind, the hot-bath house should be entered. One should not sit pressing against elder monks. New monks should not be pushed away from their seats. In the hot-bath house, service should be rendered to the preceptor. When leaving the hot-bath house, taking the hot-bath house stool, and covered in front and behind, one should leave the hot-bath house. Even in the water, service should be rendered to the preceptor. Having bathed, one should come out first, make one's own body dry, put on one's robe, wipe the water from the preceptor's body, give the lower robe, give the outer robe. Taking the hot-bath house stool, come first, arrange the seat, place the foot-water, foot-stool, and foot-mat. The preceptor should be asked about drinking water. If he wishes to be taught, he should be taught. If he wishes to question, he should be questioned. In whichever dwelling the preceptor resides, if that dwelling is dirty, If he can, it should be cleaned. By one cleaning the monastery, first, the bowl and robe should be taken out and put to one side; the sitting mat and covering should be taken out and put to one side; the cushion and pillow should be taken out and put to one side; the bed, having lowered it, carefully, without striking, without knocking the door frame, should be taken out and put to one side; the stool, having lowered it, carefully, without striking, without knocking the door frame, should be taken out and put to one side; the bed legs should be taken out and put to one side; the spittoon should be taken out and put to one side; the backrest board should be taken out and put to one side; the floor mat, having noted how it was laid out, should be taken out and put to one side. If there is cobweb in the monastery, the ceiling should first be swept down, the corners of the window frames should be wiped. If the wall, plastered with red ochre, is dirty, a cloth, having moistened and squeezed it, should be used to wipe it. If the floor, colored black, is dirty, a cloth, having moistened and squeezed it, should be used to wipe it. If the floor is not treated, it should be sprinkled with water again and again and swept— lest the monastery be filled with dust. The rubbish, having gathered it, should be thrown away to one side. The floor mat, having aired it, cleaned it, shaken it out, and brought it back, should be laid out as it was laid out. The bed legs, having aired them, wiped them, and brought them back, should be put in their proper place. The bed, having aired it, cleaned it, shaken it out, having lowered it, carefully, without striking, without knocking the door frame, and brought it back, should be laid out as it was laid out. The stool, having aired it, cleaned it, shaken it out, having lowered it, carefully, without striking, without knocking the door frame, and brought it back, should be laid out as it was laid out. The cushion and pillow, having aired them, cleaned them, shaken them out, and brought them back, as they were laid out Arrangements should be made. The sitting mat and covering, having been aired, cleaned, shaken out, and brought, should be arranged as appointed. The spittoon, having been aired, wiped, and brought, should be placed in its proper place. The backrest board, having been aired, wiped, and brought, should be placed in its proper place. The bowl and robe should be put away. When putting away the bowl, one should take the bowl with one hand, and with the other hand touch the underside of the bed or the underside of the stool, then the bowl should be put away. And the bowl should not be placed directly on the ground. When putting away the robe, one should take the robe with one hand, and with the other hand wipe the robe-pole or robe-rope, and then, making a fold at the far end and a loop at the near end, 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. If dusty winds blow from the south, the southern windows should be closed. If it is cold season, the windows should be opened by day, closed by night. If it is hot season, the windows should be closed by day, 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 preceptor, the pupil should appease him, or have him appeased, or a Dhamma talk should be given to him. Now. If remorse has arisen in the preceptor, it should be removed by the co-resident, or caused to be removed, or a Dhamma talk should be given to him. If a wrong view has arisen in the preceptor, it should be clarified by the co-resident, or caused to be clarified, or a Dhamma talk should be given to him. If the preceptor has committed a grave offense, and is worthy of probation, the co-resident should make an effort— "How might the Saṅgha grant probation to the preceptor?" If the preceptor is worthy of being sent back to the beginning, the co-resident should make an effort— "How might the Saṅgha send the preceptor back to the beginning?" If the preceptor is worthy of the penance, the co-resident should make an effort— "How might the Saṅgha grant the penance to the preceptor?" If the preceptor is worthy of rehabilitation, the co-resident should make an effort— "How might the Saṅgha rehabilitate the preceptor?" If the Saṅgha wishes to perform an act upon the preceptor, be it an act of censure, or of dependence, or of banishment, or of reconciliation, or of suspension, the co-resident should make an effort— "How might the Saṅgha not perform that act upon the preceptor, or turn it into a lighter one?" Or if an act has been performed upon him by the Saṅgha, be it an act of censure, or of dependence, or of banishment, or of reconciliation, or of suspension, the co-resident should make an effort— "How might the preceptor behave properly, shed his hair, turn to the right path, so that the Saṅgha might revoke that act?" If the preceptor's robe needs to be washed, it should be washed by the co-resident, or an effort should be made— "How might the preceptor's robe be washed?" If the preceptor's robe needs to be made, it should be made by the co-resident, or an effort should be made— "How might the preceptor's robe be made?" If the preceptor's dye needs to be boiled, by the co-resident... The resident should cook, or make an effort – "How might the preceptor's dye be cooked?" If the preceptor's robe is to be dyed, the resident should dye it, or make an effort – "How might the preceptor's robe be dyed?" When dyeing the robe, it should be dyed well, 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 receive a bowl from anyone; one should not give a robe to anyone, nor receive a robe from anyone; one should not give requisites to anyone, nor receive requisites from anyone; one should not cut anyone's hair, nor have anyone's hair cut; one should not perform any service for anyone, nor have any service performed by anyone; one should not do any work for anyone, nor have any work done by anyone; one should not be anyone's junior monk, nor take anyone as a junior monk; one should not take out almsfood for anyone, nor have almsfood taken out by anyone; without asking the preceptor, one should not enter a village; one should not go to a charnel ground; one should not go to other directions. If the preceptor is ill, he should be attended to for life, and his recovery awaited. "This, monks, is the duty of residents towards preceptors, how residents should properly behave towards preceptors." Now at that time, preceptors were not behaving properly towards their residents. Those monks who were of few wishes... they complained, grumbled, and criticized: "How can preceptors not behave properly towards their residents?" Then those monks reported this matter to the Blessed One... "Is it true, monks, that..." "Monks, do preceptors not behave properly towards their co-residents?" "It is true, Blessed One." ... having rebuked, ... having given a Dhamma talk, he addressed the monks – 378. "Therefore, monks, I shall lay down the duties of preceptors towards their co-residents, how preceptors should behave properly towards their co-residents. Monks, a preceptor should behave properly towards his co-resident. This is the proper behavior there – "Monks, a preceptor should embrace his co-resident, should assist him with instruction, with questioning, with admonition, with guidance. If the preceptor has a bowl, if the co-resident has no bowl, the preceptor should give a bowl to the co-resident, or make an effort – 'How might a bowl arise for the co-resident?' If the preceptor has a robe, if the co-resident has no robe,