四分律行事鈔資持記 1.525

1.525

城邑法中。前緣者，謂禮僧等相。文準下圖中大牆為法，對之可見。今時錄相，復從簡要。隨門所向，望前為出，至後為入，左去名上，右去名下。又起角處，則云從此，餘處不著。雖非鈔意，於事易明，義須準用。三說者，律無定制，疏準受懺乞詞，例須三遍，以俱是前緣羯磨所牒故。

In [the section on] the method for cities and villages: "Preliminary circumstances" refers to markers such as paying homage to the Saṃgha. The text conforms to the great wall in the diagram below as the method, and can be seen by checking against it. Nowadays when recording markers, they also follow simplicity and brevity. Depending on which way the gate faces, looking forward is "exiting," reaching the rear is "entering," going to the left is called "going up," and going to the right is called "going down." Furthermore, at the corner where it starts, one says "from here," and nowhere else is this written. Although this is not the intention of the Transactions Manual, for transactions it is easy to understand, and in principle it should be adopted. As for "speaking three times," the Vinaya has no fixed rule; the Commentary follows the words of requesting ordination and repentance, taking them as a precedent that it must be done three times, because in both cases they are cited in the preliminary circumstances of the karmavācanā.