[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [四分戒本疏卷第一．第二．第三](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2787) › 3.112 # 四分戒本疏卷第一．第二．第三 3.112 四分戒本疏卷第一．第二．第三 3.112 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2787.3.112) 過半月洗浴戒第五十六　十律云。洗浴有五利。一除垢穢。二身清淨。三除身中寒冷病。四除風。五得安隱。故溫室經云。浴除七病故。凡身多不淨事須澡除。但皎潔過常令身光澤。翫著色身無心厭背　正違出離。故須限約半月一洗。若過即犯　別緣有五。一曾前洗浴。二未滿半月。三更洗浴。四無因緣。五洗身半犯。已下正明戒本。此戒因瓶沙王聽諸比丘於竹園池中常浴。六群浴次。王與婇女詣池。相值王竟不浴。大臣嫌悉。比丘白佛。佛呵制戒。 > Precept 56: On bathing more than once every half-month. The Sarvāstivāda Vinaya states that bathing has five benefits: 1. removing dirt and grime; 2. bodily purity; 3. eliminating cold illness in the body; 4. eliminating wind; 5. attaining comfort. Therefore, the Sūtra on the Warm Room states that bathing eliminates seven illnesses. In general, the body has much impurity and it is necessary to wash and cleanse it. But being excessively spotless and making the body lustrous causes one to indulge in and cling to the physical body, lacking any mind of revulsion and detachment. This directly contradicts renunciation. Therefore, it must be restricted to bathing once every half-month; if one exceeds this, one commits an offense. There are five specific conditions: 1. having bathed previously; 2. half a month has not elapsed; 3. bathing again; 4. lack of cause or condition; 5. bathing half the body commits \[the offense\]. Below, the text of the precept is properly explained. This precept arose because King Bimbisāra permitted the bhikṣus to bathe constantly in the pond of the Bamboo Grove. While the group of six was bathing, the king arrived at the pond with his palace maidens. Meeting them, the king did not bathe in the end. The ministers were all displeased. The bhikṣus reported this to the Buddha, and the Buddha rebuked them and enacted the precept. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2787.3.111) - [Next: 3.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2787.3.113) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2787.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2787~en-mt.3.112) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [四分律比丘含注戒本](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1806.2.517) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2787.3.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2787.3.112) · Pramāṇa