{"collection":"Buddhism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/bud/sbe20/sbe20032.htm","path":"bud/sbe20/sbe20032.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/bud/sbe20/sbe20032.htm","text":"1. Now at that time the Bhikkhus used to bathe anywhere all over the \u00c2r\u00e2ma, and the \u00c2r\u00e2ma became muddy.\nThey told this matter to the Blessed One.\n'I allow you, O Bhikkhus, a pool (at the entrance to the \u00c2r\u00e2ma).'\nThe pool was public, and the Bhikkhus were ashamed to bathe in it.\n'I allow you, O Bhikkhus, to surround it with enclosures of three kinds--brick walls, stone walls, and wooden fences 1.'\nThe pool became muddy.\n'I allow you, O Bhikkhus, to flag it with three kinds of flooring--brick flooring, stone flooring, or wooden flooring.'\nThe water settled.\n'I allow you, O Bhikkhus, a drain.'\nNow at that time the Bhikkhus' limbs became cold.\n'I allow you, O Bhikkhus, to make use of a towel 2, and to wipe the water off with a cloth.'\n2. Now at that time a certain Up\u00e2saka was desirous of making a tank for the use of the Samgha.\n'I allow you, O Bhikkhus, a tank.'\nThe sides of the tank fell in 3.\n'I allow you, O Bhikkhus, to line the tank with facing of three kinds--brick facing, stone facing, and wooden facing.'\nThey found difficulty 1 in getting into it.\n'I allow you, O Bhikkhus, flights of stairs of three kinds--brick steps, stone steps, and wooden steps.'\nWhile going up them, they fell down.\n'I allow you, O Bhikkhus, a balustrade.'\nThe water in the tank became stale.\n'I allow you, O Bhikkhus, the use of pipes to lay on the water 2, and to drain the water off 3.'\nNow at that time a certain Bhikkhu was desirous of erecting a bath-room with a nillekha 4 roof for the use of the Samgha.\n'I allow you, O Bhikkhus, a bath-room with such a roof to it.'\n114:1 So also the closing words of V, 14, 3.\n114:2 Udaka-pu\u00f1khani. This is also mentioned in the Old Commentary on the 86th P\u00e2kittiya. The verb recurs in the same Sense below, VI, 3, I.\n114:3 K\u00fblam luggati. See V, 16, 2.\n115:1 Viha\u00f1\u00f1anti. See V, 11, 6.\n115:2 Udak\u00e2yatikan ti udakassa \u00e2gamana-mattikam (B.). Compare \u00e2yataka at IX, 1, 3.\n115:3 See above our note on V, 14, 3.\n115:4 Nillekha-gant\u00e2gharam n\u00e2ma \u00e2viddha-pakkha-pisakam vukkati. Gop\u00e2nas\u00eenam upari-mandale pakkha-p\u00e2sake thapetv\u00e2 kata-k\u00fbta-kkhadanass\u2019 etam n\u00e2mam (B.).","title":"SBE 20: Fifth Khandhaka: Chapter 17","type":"page"}