勅修百丈清規 1.83

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凡有祈禱。須如法嚴治壇場。鋪陳供養。住持專心加謹。僧眾各務整肅。知事內外提督應辦。大小寮舍巡警齋潔。或有官員拈香。恭勤迎送。預期庫司稟覆住持。先付意旨。維那知會。堂司行者報眾掛祈禱牌。齋粥二時鳴鐘集眾諷經。或看藏經。或四大部經。或三日五日七日。隨時而行。如祈晴祈雨。則輪僧十員廿員。或三五十員。分作幾引。接續諷誦。每引諷大悲呪消災呪大雲呪。各三七遍。謂之不斷輪。終日諷誦。必期感應。方可滿散懺謝。其疏意各列于后。

Whenever prayers are offered, the ritual arena must be strictly prepared and offerings arranged according to rule. The abbot must be single-minded and increasingly cautious, and the Sangha must each maintain solemnity. The administrators inside and out oversee and attend to the necessary provisions, while large and small dormitories inspect and maintain pure cleanliness. If officials come to offer incense, they are respectfully and diligently welcomed and seen off. In advance, the monastery storehouse reports to the abbot and first submits the intention; the karmadāna is notified; the hall office postulant notifies the assembly and hangs the prayer plaque. At the two times of noon meal and gruel, the bell is struck to gather the assembly to chant sūtras, or read the canon, or read the four great sections of the canon, for three, five, or seven days, carried out according to the occasion. If praying for clear skies or praying for rain, ten, twenty, or thirty to fifty monks are rostered and divided into several shifts to chant continuously. Each shift chants the Great Compassion Mantra, the Calamity-Dispelling Mantra, and the Great Cloud Mantra, each three times seven times; this is called the unbroken wheel. Chanting all day long, one must anticipate an efficacious response before concluding and giving thanks of repentance. The texts of their intentions are set forth below.