法苑珠林 94.44

94.44

Furthermore, the Sūtra of Three Thousand Dignified Manners states: "Those who bow to the Buddha without washing clean incur no merit even though they bow." Furthermore, the Miscellaneous Parables Sūtra states: "There was a monk who came to defecate and urinate without snapping his fingers. He secretly soiled the face of a spirit in the privy. The demon spirit was furious and wished to kill the śramaṇa. But the śramaṇa held the precepts, and the demon spirit followed him, watching for his shortcomings, but could not get an opportunity. (Having learned of this, when going to the privy one must cough and make a sound.)"