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having closed the doors and windows, he should depart from the dwelling place. Thinking, "Now I will enter the village," having taken off the sandals, having lowered them and shaken them out, having put them into the bag, having hung it on the shoulder, by one covering the three circles, having worn the lower robe evenly, having tied the waist-band, having made it neat, having put on the outer robes, having tied the knot, having washed and taken the bowl, carefully, without hurrying, the village should be entered. "One should go well-covered within the houses," and all such rules of going, here too should be understood in the manner stated in the duty of the refectory. By one entering a dwelling, it should be noted: "By this way I will enter, by this way I will exit," and so on. All the rules of alms-gathering should be understood in the manner stated in the alms-round duty. By the forest-dwelling monk, drinking water and cleansing water should be provided. If vessels are not sufficient, drinking water itself should be made into cleansing water and provided. By one not obtaining a vessel, it should be provided even in a bamboo tube. For one not obtaining even that, it should be done so that there is a water-hole nearby. Fire should be provided. Fire-sticks (with tinder) should be provided. If fire-sticks are present, it is permissible not to make fire. And just as for the forest-dweller, so too for one traversing a wilderness, fire-sticks are desired. But for one dwelling in a group, it is permissible even without them. A staff should be provided. The positions of the stars should be learned, either all or in part. One should be skilled in directions. This is the forest-dweller's duty. 191. In the duty concerning the dwelling: In whatever dwelling one dwells, if that dwelling is dirty... if he is able, it should be cleaned. By one cleaning the monastery, first, the bowl and robe should be taken out and put aside in one place. The sitting mat and cover should be taken out and put aside in one place. The cushion and pillow should be taken out and put aside in one place. The bed, lowered, should be taken out carefully, without striking, without clashing with the door frame, and put aside in one place. The stool, lowered, should be taken out carefully, without striking, without clashing with the door frame, and put aside in one place. The bed legs should be taken out and put aside in one place. The spittoon should be taken out and put aside in one place. The backrest plank should be taken out and put aside in one place. The floor mat, noted as it was spread, should be taken out and put aside in one place. If there is cobweb in the monastery, the ceiling should be swept down first. The corners and parts of the window frames should be wiped. If the wall, plastered with red ochre, is dusty, a cloth should be moistened, squeezed, and used to wipe it. If the floor, made black, is dusty, a cloth should be moistened, squeezed, and used to wipe it. If the floor is not made, it should be sprinkled with water again and again and swept, "lest the monastery be filled with dust." The rubbish should be collected and thrown away in one place. The lodging should not be dusted near the monks. The lodging should not be dusted near the monastery. The lodging should not be dusted near the drinking water. The lodging should not be dusted near the food. The lodging should not be dusted in the courtyard against the wind. The lodging should be dusted downwind. The floor mat, having been aired, cleaned, and dusted, should be brought back and spread as it was spread. The bed legs, having been aired in one place, wiped, should be brought back and placed in their proper positions. The bed, having been aired in one place, cleaned, and dusted, lowered, should be brought back carefully, without striking, without clashing. The door-stool should not be moved without arranging it as prescribed. The stool should be set aside, cleaned, dusted, lowered, and then, carefully, without bumping, without clattering, the door-stool should be moved and arranged as prescribed. The cushion and pillow should be set aside, cleaned, dusted, moved, and arranged as prescribed. The sitting mat should be set aside, dusted, moved, and arranged as prescribed. The spittoon should be set aside, wiped, moved, and placed in its proper place. The back-rest board should be set aside, wiped, and 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 lower bed or lower stool, and then put away the bowl. The bowl should not be placed on the bare 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, then make the far end the fold, and put away the robe. If dusty winds blow from the east, the eastern windows should be closed. If dusty winds blow from the west, north, or south, the southern windows should be closed. If it is the cold season, the windows should be opened during the day, and closed at night. If it is the hot season, the windows should be closed during the day, and opened at night. If it is dirty, the monastery compound should be swept, the storeroom should be swept, the service hall should be swept, the fire hall should be swept, the latrine should be swept. If there is no drinking water, drinking water should be provided. If there is no water for washing, water for washing should be provided. If there is no water in the rinsing pot, water should be poured into the rinsing pot. If one lives in the same dwelling with an elder, one should not, without asking the elder, Instructions should be given, questions should not be asked, chanting should not be done, the Dhamma should not be spoken, a lamp should not be lit, a lamp should not be extinguished, windows should not be opened, windows should not be closed. Because the door is a great thoroughfare, therefore, there is no need to ask permission there. But the other things, like giving instructions, should be done only after asking permission. It is permissible to ask permission even daily. Or if it is said, "Venerable Sir, let it be as if permission has been asked," and the elder agrees, saying "Good," or if he himself says, "You may dwell at ease," that is also permissible. It is also permissible through familiarity with one's peer. If one walks with an elder on the same walking path, one should turn aside where the elder is, and the elder should not be brushed by the corner of one's outer robe. This is the duty concerning dwellings. 192.In the duty concerning the hot-bath house: Whoever goes to the hot-bath house first, if there is much ash, the ash should be thrown out. If it is dirty, the hot-bath house should be swept, the accessories should be swept, the enclosure should be swept, the storeroom should be swept, the hot-bath hall should be swept, powder should be collected, clay should be moistened, water should be poured into the water trough. One entering the hot-bath house, having smeared one's face with clay, and having covered oneself in front and behind, should enter the hot-bath house. One should not sit pressing against elder monks. New monks should not be pushed away from their seats. If one is able, service should be rendered to the elder monks in the hot-bath house. One leaving the hot-bath house, taking the hot-bath stool, and having covered oneself in front and behind, should leave the hot-bath house. If one is able, service should be rendered to the elder monks even in the water. One should not bathe in front of elder monks. One should not bathe above them. One who has bathed and is coming out should give way to those entering. Whoever leaves the hot-bath house last, if the hot-bath house is muddy... it should be washed, the clay tub should be washed, the bathing house stool should be put back, the fire should be extinguished, the door should be closed, and one should depart. This is the duty concerning the bathing house. 193.Regarding the duty concerning the privy: whoever goes to the privy, should cough when standing outside; those sitting inside should also cough. Having placed the robe on the robe-pole or on the robe-rope, one should enter the privy carefully, not hastily; one should not enter by pushing open. Standing on the privy-slippers, one should push open. One should not defecate while groaning; one should not defecate while chewing a tooth-stick; one should not defecate outside the privy-tub; one should not urinate outside the urinal-tub; one should not spit into the urinal-tub. One should not wipe with a split piece of wood, or a rough one, or a knotty one, or a thorny one, or a hollow one, or a rotten one. However, there is no offense for one who entered without taking a wiping-stick. One should not drop the wiping-stick into the privy-pit. Standing on the privy-slippers, one should cover it. One should not exit hastily; one should not exit by pushing open. Standing on the rinsing-slippers, one should push open. One should not rinse with a "capucapu" sound. One should not leave water in the rinsing-bowl. This is said with reference to a common place. For there, others come and go, therefore water should not be left. But in a monastic dwelling, a place made for repeated use in one part, or a personal place, it is permissible. It is also permissible for one who has drunk a purgative and enters repeatedly. Standing on the rinsing-slippers, one should cover it. If the privy is dirty, smeared with excrement outside, water should be brought and it should be washed. If there is water but no vessel, it is considered as not available. If there is a vessel but no water, this is also not available. If both are not available, it is indeed not available; one should wipe it with a stick or something and go. If The scraping-basket is full, the scraping-stick should be discarded.