四分律行事鈔資持記 3.635

3.635

In the title, the upper two characters are the objects of respect, and the lower two characters are the deportments of paying respect. "Saṃgha" comprehensively encompasses both the community and individual [monks]; "images" subsumes scriptures and the Dharma, which corresponds to the texts under the three headings in the protocol for paying respect below. Thus, the sublime objects that are the Triratna are collectively what is paid respect to. (The ancient saying that "the Saṃgha is the one who pays respect, and images are the objects of respect" is erroneous.) Taking what is convenient in phrasing, "Saṃgha" is placed first; yet according to the protocol of respect below, the Buddha is ranked at the head. "Zhi" (致) is glossed as "to arrive at" (至); the Shuowen Jiezi says: "To deliver and arrive at." This means proceeding to the sublime field with the utmost mind of reverence.