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but the bowl should not be left in the sun. The bowl and robes should be put away. When putting away the bowl, he should take the bowl with one hand, and with the other hand touch the underside of the bed or stool, and then put away the bowl. The bowl should not be placed directly on the ground. When putting away the robe, he should take the robe with one hand, and with the other hand wipe the robe-pole or robe-rope, make one end further away and the other end closer, and then put away the robe. When the teacher has risen, the seat should be removed, the water for the feet, the foot-stool, and the foot-mat should be put away. If wherever there is dirt, that place should be swept. “If the teacher wishes to bathe, bathing 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 teacher wishes to enter the hot-bath house, powder should be mixed, clay should be moistened, taking the hot-bath house stool, going behind the teacher, 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, one should enter the hot-bath house. Entering the hot-bath house, having smeared the face with clay, and covered oneself front and back, one should enter the hot-bath house. One should not sit pressing against elder monks. One should not push away new monks from their seats. In the hot-bath house, service should be rendered to the teacher. Leaving the hot-bath house, taking the hot-bath house stool, and having covered oneself front and back, one should leave the hot-bath house. “Even at the water, service should be rendered to the teacher. Having bathed, one should come out first, dry one's own body, put on one's lower robe, wipe the water from the teacher's body, give the lower robe, give the outer robe, taking the hot-bath house stool, come first, arrange the seat, place the water for the feet, the footstool, and the foot-wiper. The teacher should be asked about drinking water. If he wishes to recite, he should be recited to. If he wishes to question, he should be questioned. “In whichever dwelling the teacher resides, if that dwelling is dirty, if one is able, it should be cleaned. When cleaning the dwelling, first, the bowl and robe should be taken out and put aside; the sitting mat should be taken out and put aside; the cushion and pillow should be taken out and put aside; the bed should be lowered, carefully, without striking, without clashing, The door-panel should be taken out and put aside. The stool should be lowered, and carefully, without striking, without clashing with the door-panel, it should be taken out and put aside. The bed-legs should be taken out and put aside. The spittoon should be taken out and put aside. The backrest-board should be taken out and put aside. The floor-mat should be noted as it is laid, then taken out and put aside. If there is a ceiling in the dwelling, the hangings should first be taken down. The corners of the window-sills should be wiped clean. If the wall, plastered with red ochre, is dusty in the corners, a cloth should be moistened, wrung out, and used to wipe it clean. If the floor, made black, is dusty in the corners, a cloth should be moistened, wrung out, and used to wipe it clean. If the floor is unmade, it should be sprinkled repeatedly with water and swept, lest the dwelling be filled with dust. Rubbish should be gathered and thrown aside. The floor-mat should be aired, cleaned, shaken out, brought back, and laid as it was. The bed-legs should be aired, wiped clean, brought back, and placed in their proper position. The bed should be aired, cleaned, shaken out, lowered, and carefully, without striking, without clashing with the door-panel, it should be brought back and laid as it was. The stool should be aired, cleaned, shaken out, lowered, and carefully, without striking, without clashing with the door-panel, it should be brought back and laid as it was. The cushion-cover should be aired, cleaned, shaken out, brought back, and laid as it was. The sitting-mat should be aired, cleaned, shaken out, brought back, and laid as it was. The spittoon should be aired, wiped clean, brought back, and placed in its proper position. The backrest-board should be aired, wiped clean, brought back, and placed in its proper position. The bowl and robes should be put away. When putting down the bowl, one hand should hold the bowl, the other hand should touch the low couch or low stool, then the bowl should be put down. And the bowl should not be put down on the bare ground. When putting down the robe, one hand should hold the robe, the other hand should wipe the robe-pole or robe-rope, then making the far end the outside and the near end the fold, the robe should be put down. 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 the cold season, the windows should be opened by day, closed at night. If it is the hot season, the windows should be closed by day, opened at night. If the courtyard is dirty, the courtyard 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-room is dirty, the fire-room 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 pot, water should be poured into the rinsing pot. If discontent has arisen in the teacher, the pupil should dispel it, or have it dispelled, or give a Dhamma talk to him. If remorse has arisen in the teacher, the pupil should remove it, or have it removed, or give a Dhamma talk to him. If a wrong view has arisen in the teacher, the pupil should clarify it, or have it clarified, or give a Dhamma talk to him. If the teacher has fallen into a serious offense, deserving of probation, The pupil should make an effort – "How might the Saṅgha give the teacher probation?" If the teacher is worthy of reinstatement to the origin, the pupil should make an effort – "How might the Saṅgha reinstate the teacher to the origin?" If the teacher is worthy of the penance, the pupil should make an effort – "How might the Saṅgha give the teacher the penance?" If the teacher is worthy of rehabilitation, the pupil should make an effort – "How might the Saṅgha rehabilitate the teacher?" If the Saṅgha wishes to perform an act upon the teacher, whether a censure, or a dependence, or an expulsion, or a reconciliation, or a suspension, the pupil should make an effort – "How might the Saṅgha not perform that act upon the teacher, or turn it into a lighter one?" Or if an act has been performed by the Saṅgha upon him, whether a censure, or a dependence, or an expulsion, or a reconciliation, or a suspension, the pupil should make an effort – "How might the teacher behave properly, shed his hair, turn to the end, so that the Saṅgha might revoke that act?" If the teacher's robe needs to be washed, the pupil should wash it, or make an effort – "How might the teacher's robe be washed?" If the teacher's robe needs to be made, the pupil should make it, or make an effort – "How might the teacher's robe be made?" If the teacher's dye needs to be boiled, the pupil should boil it, or make an effort – "How might the teacher's dye be boiled?" If the teacher's robe needs to be dyed, the pupil should dye it, or make an effort – "How might the teacher's robe be dyed?" When dyeing a robe, it should be dyed thoroughly, turning it over and over, and one should not leave while drops are still falling. Without asking the teacher, one should not... A bowl should be given. A bowl should not be received from some. A robe should not be given to some. A robe should not be received from some. Requisites should not be given to some. Requisites should not be received from some. Hair should not be cut for some. Hair should not be caused to be cut by some. Personal service should not be done for some. Personal service should not be caused to be done by some. Service should not be done for some. Service should not be caused to be done by some. One should not be a junior monk for some. Some junior monk should not be taken. Almsfood should not be taken out for some. Almsfood should not be caused to be taken out by some. Without asking the teacher, the village should not be entered. The charnel ground should not be gone to. The directions should not be departed for. If the teacher is sick, he should be attended to for life. His recovery should be awaited. This, monks, is the duty of pupils towards teachers, how pupils should behave properly towards teachers. Now at that time, teachers did not behave properly towards their pupils. Those monks who were of few wishes... they complained, grumbled, and criticized – "How can teachers not behave properly towards their pupils!" Then those monks reported this matter to the Blessed One. Then the Blessed One, on this occasion, on this account, had the community of monks assembled and questioned the monks – "Is it true, monks, that teachers do not behave properly towards their pupils?" "It is true, Blessed One." ...having rebuked... having given a Dhamma talk, he addressed the monks – "Therefore, monks, I will lay down the duty of teachers towards pupils, how teachers should behave properly towards pupils. Monks, a teacher should behave properly towards a pupil. And this is the proper behavior – "Monks, a teacher should take care of a pupil, should assist him. by instruction, by questioning, by advice, by admonition. If the teacher has a bowl, and the pupil does not,