འདལ་བ་གཞ notes.3.107
The Chapter on Going Forth; The Chapter on the Restoration Rite; The Chapter on Lifting Restrictions; The Chapter on the Rains; The Chapter on Medicines notes.3.107
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notes.3.107
107. These conciliatory gestures match the treatment resident monks should extend to visiting monks who uphold the sūtras, the vinaya, or the mātṛkā, as described in The Chapter on the Restoration Rite, which reads, “He should be welcomed with friendly words and his begging bowl and robes taken. He should be bathed and supplies of oil offered to him and the saṅgha as well” (The Chapter on the Restoration Rite, ). In explaining that passage, Kalyāṇamitra writes, “ ‘Should be bathed,’ should massage and rub and wash with water as appropriate to the season” (F.316.a.6).