勸發菩提心集 3.63

3.63

The *Daśabhūmika-vibhāṣā*, 'Chapter on Entering a Monastery', states: 'If a bodhisattva enters a monastery, he should conduct himself with proper decorum, bowing in reverence and making offerings to the bhikṣus.' When a lay bodhisattva enters a Buddhist monastery, as he is about to enter, he touches his five limbs to the ground outside the monastery gate, and should reflect: 'This is the dwelling place of good people; this is the dwelling place of practitioners of emptiness; the dwelling place of practitioners of signlessness; the dwelling place of practitioners of wishlessness; the dwelling place of practitioners of loving-kindness, compassion, joy, and equanimity; the dwelling place of practitioners of correct conduct and correct mindfulness.'