法苑珠林 94.40

94.40

Furthermore, the Three Thousand Dignified Manners says: "If one does not wash after defecating or urinating, a monk incurs a duṣkṛta offense, and is also not permitted to sit upon the pure seating mats of the Saṃgha or prostrate to the Three Jewels; even if one prostrates, there is no merit. Furthermore, in going behind the lodge to use the privy, there are twenty-five matters: 1. When walking with the desire to defecate or urinate, one must not pay homage to a senior monk on the road. 2. Neither should one accept homage from others. 3. When going, one should keep the head bowed straight and look at the ground. 4. Upon arrival, one should snap the fingers three times. 5. If someone has already snapped their fingers [inside], one must not press forward. 6. Having entered and stood properly, one snaps the fingers before squatting. 7. One squats squarely in the middle. 8. One must not have one foot forward and one foot back. 9. One must not lean the body. 10. Gather the robes so as not to let them hang down into the privy. 11. One must not strain heavily so as to make the face red. 12. One should look straight ahead and not look around or listen. 13. One must not soil the walls. 14. One must not lower the head to look into the privy. 15. One must not look at the genitals. 16. One must not hold the genitals with the hand. 17. One must not cover the ground with grass. 18. One must not take grass to draw or write characters on the wall. 19. In using water, one must not be overly wasteful. 20. One must not soil or splash. 21. In using water, one must not let the front hand touch the back hand. 22. In using earth, one should do so three times. 23. One should use bath beans. 24. Three times one should use water. 25. If one sees that the water, grass, or earth is exhausted, one should tell the officer on duty; taking it with one's own hand is even better."