僧羯磨 1.12

1.12

結大界法（律言：當敷座，當打揵椎，盡共集。共集一處，不聽受欲。是中舊住比丘應唱大界四方相，若東方有山稱山，有塹稱塹，若村、若城、若疆畔、若園、若林、若池、若樹、若石、若垣牆、若神祀舍；如東方相，餘方亦爾。但結界處不得二界相接，應留中間，不得隔駛流水結，除常有橋船。唱相之法，應起禮僧，白言：）

The Method for Binding the Mahāsīmā (The Vinaya states: "One should spread seats, strike the gaṇḍī, and all gather together. Gathering together in one place, they are not permitted to receive chanda. Among them, a long-resident bhikṣu should proclaim the boundary marks in the four directions of the mahāsīmā: if there is a mountain in the east, name the mountain; if a trench, name the trench; if a village, a town, a boundary, a park, a grove, a pond, a tree, a rock, a wall, or a shrine house; as with the marks of the east, so too for the other directions. However, at the place where the sīmā is bound, two sīmās must not touch each other; an interval must be left between them. One must not bind across swift flowing water, except where there is a permanent bridge or boat. For the method of proclaiming the boundary marks, one should rise, pay homage to the saṃgha, and address them, saying:)