四分律刪繁補闕行事鈔 1.532

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Second is the formal procedure of appointment. The elder should appoint two persons in the community who possess the two sets of five virtues; it is not necessary to call them forward to stand in front to perform it. That applies to a separate community, which occurs occasionally; they simply sit in their original seats. The one performing the karman demands chanda and asks whether the assembly is harmonious. The chanda formula says: "May the venerable saṃgha listen! Bhikṣu so-and-so—I receive his chanda for pravāraṇā. For his Dharmic saṃgha affairs, he grants his chanda for pravāraṇā." In this Vinaya, pravāraṇā allows chanda, unlike other Vinayas, so this is pointed out again. The officiant should know this; asking whether they are harmonious, the reply is: "A pravāraṇā karman!" There are also general and specific [forms], as above. One should say: "May the venerable saṃgha listen! If the time has arrived for the saṃgha, may the saṃgha grant permission to listen: The saṃgha appoints bhikṣu so-and-so and bhikṣu so-and-so to act as the persons who receive pravāraṇā. Such is the motion." "May the venerable saṃgha listen! The saṃgha appoints bhikṣu so-and-so and bhikṣu so-and-so to act as the persons who receive pravāraṇā. Whichever elders approve of the saṃgha's appointing bhikṣu so-and-so and bhikṣu so-and-so to act as the persons who receive pravāraṇā, remain silent; whoever does not approve, speak! The saṃgha has already approved and appointed bhikṣu so-and-so and bhikṣu so-and-so to act as the persons who receive pravāraṇā. Because the saṃgha approves, it is silent. Thus is this matter upheld."