1. Now at that time the "Kh"abbaggiya Bhikkhus, on being hindered by the senior Bhikkhus in (their use of) the hot bath-room, out of spite piled up a quantity of sticks (in the fireplace), set fire to them, closed up the doorway, and sat down in the door-way. The Bhikkhus, scorched by the heat, and not being allowed a way out, fell down in a faint.
The sober Bhikkhus murmured, &c..... told the Blessed One, to wash the vessel in which the clay is kept, to put the chairs used in the hot bath-room in order, to extinguish the fire, to close up the doorway, and then come out.
'This, O Bhikkhus, is the rule of conduct which I lay down for the Bhikkhus, in respect of the hot bath-room, according to which they are to behave themselves therein.'
9 And 10.
[These chapters deal with the manner of using the privies, and other sanitary arrangements described in V, 35, where see our note.]
11, 12, 13, And 14.
[These chapters simply repeat, word for word, Mahvagga I, 25, 14-24; I, 26, 1-11; I, 32, 3; and I, 33 respectively.]
Here ends the Eighth Khandhaka, containing the Rules for Conduct.
Footnotes
297:1 \"G"antghara, not simply bath-room, but room in which hot or steam baths were taken. Most of the following expressions occur in Mahvagga I, 25, 12, or above at V, 14, 3.