中天竺舍衛國祇洹寺圖經 2.59

2.59

北有一院，名浴室坊。中有兩堂，東是衣堂，西為浴室。浴具豐足。南開一門，與前相對。佛在世時乃至，後立老病比丘不堪乞食，方入此厨。佛為法王，常入城乞食，返住常所，示受飯食，諸餘侍從何得安坐？故諸老病每日食時，從大寺院東門雁行而出，北至厨院北巷西門，北入解脫衣院，脫大上衣，置此院中。又著故衣從東門出，入林食訖，在浴室院脫故衣，入浴室洗訖，入衣院中著入寺禮，從南門出西巷，南入大寺。明日來時脫著還爾。又東院僧之淨人男女大小皆止，其中亦有田業，事不可述。

To the north is a courtyard called the Bathhouse Quarters. Inside are two halls: the east is the Robe Hall, and the west is the Bathhouse. Bathing utensils are abundant. A gate opens to the south, facing opposite the former courtyard. When the Buddha was in the world, down to later times, elderly and sick bhikṣus who were incapable of begging for food were permitted to enter this kitchen. The Buddha was the Dharma King and regularly entered the city to beg for food, returning to his regular residence to display the receiving and eating of rice; how could the rest of his attendants sit idly by? Therefore, every day at mealtime, the elderly and sick would exit the east gate of the Great Monastery Courtyard in single file, proceed north to the west gate of the north lane of the Kitchen Courtyard, enter north into the Disrobing Courtyard, take off their great upper robes, and place them in this courtyard. Then, donning old robes, they exited through the east gate, entered the grove, and finished their meal; then in the Bathhouse Courtyard they removed their old robes, entered the bathhouse to bathe, entered the Robe Hall to put on their robes for monastic etiquette, exited the south gate into the west lane, and entered the Great Monastery to the south. When coming the next day, their disrobing and robing were also like this. Furthermore, in the eastern courtyard, the monks' pure persons, both male and female, old and young, all reside; there are also agricultural estates there, the details of which cannot all be related.