Ancient Indian Education (Brahmanical and Buddhist) c24.30

c24.30

It may be noted in passing that these regulations were suggested, according to the texts, by the various sanitary difficulties which arose from the living together of many Bhikkhus. "Each such difficulty is quite solemnly said to have been reported to the Blessed One, and he is said to have found a way out of it." A fixed bathing place was given when it was found that "the Bhikkhus used to bathe anywhere all over the Ārāma and the Ārāma became muddy" [*Chullav.*, v, 17, 1], and the privies were constructed when it was found that "the Bhikkhus made water here and there in the Ārāma, and the Ārāma was defiled" [ib., v, 35].