勅修百丈清規 2.34

2.34

先德唯激揚宗乘發明自己。開示後學知有授受。以報恩也。如巴陵三轉語為雲門作忌。先輩深有意焉。然尊師重道。禮不可廢。先期住持出己財送庫司。辦祭設供。隔宿就法堂如法排辦。堂司行者報眾。掛諷經牌。當晚諷楞嚴呪。鄉人法眷舉大悲呪。次行者諷經回向並同。次早住持上粥粥罷。大眾諷大悲呪。鄉人法眷舉呪。半齋散忌諷經住持上食。講特為茶拈香（達磨忌同）兩序上香大眾同拜（蓋上座下皆曰參學故也）齋時住持入堂燒香展拜歸位。衣鉢侍者行䞋（有就法堂諷經時俵䞋非禮也）齋畢就座點茶燒香侍者行禮。若講特為伴真湯（齋罷方丈客頭請西堂兩序。晚間對真相伴喫湯。排照牌位列座右。住持揖就座。燒香上湯。并下相伴人湯。退身燒香展拜。起身問訊謝相伴。鳴鼓三下退座。如有三五人西堂。則分作兩座。第一座西堂喫湯。住持行禮。第二座兩序喫湯。侍者行禮或無西堂則已之諷經罷備湯果。預請兩序勤舊。如有法眷尊長同門兄弟。皆當請之。小師師孫不可同席。坐定住持起上香上湯畢。侍者燒香行湯果）

The worthies of the past only invigorated the ancestral vehicle and made clear their own nature, guiding later students to recognize that there is transmission and reception, so as to repay kindness. Thus Baling's 'three turning phrases' served as a memorial service for Yunmen; the men of prior generations were profound in their intention. Nevertheless, honoring one's master and revering the Way requires that ritual decorum not be neglected. In advance of the date, the abbot produces his own funds and delivers them to the monastery storehouse to arrange the sacrificial offerings. The evening before, they are properly arranged in the dharma hall. The hall postulant announces it to the assembly and hangs the scripture-chanting notice. That evening they chant the Śūraṅgama Dhāraṇī; compatriots and fellow Dharma relatives recite the Great Compassion Dhāraṇī, followed by the postulants, whose chanting and dedications of merit are all the same. The next morning, the abbot offers morning congee; when the congee is finished, the assembly chants the Great Compassion Dhāraṇī, and compatriots and fellow Dharma relatives raise the recitation. At mid-day, concluding the memorial chanting, the abbot offers food, and sets forth special hospitality tea and offers incense (the Bodhidharma memorial is the same). The two ranks offer incense, and the assembly bows together (for from the head seat on down, all are called fellow students). At mealtime, the abbot enters the hall, burns incense, unfolds his niṣīdana and bows, then returns to his place; the robes-and-bowl attendant distributes the offerings (to distribute the offerings during the scripture-chanting in the dharma hall is contrary to propriety). When the meal is finished, they take their seats and tea is offered; the incense-burning attendant conducts the ritual. If special hospitality broth to accompany the portrait is set forth (after the meal, the abbot's guest prefect invites the west hall and the two ranks to keep company before the portrait in the evening and partake of broth; the seats are arranged facing the spirit tablet to the right of the seat; the abbot salutes them to take their seats, burns incense, and serves broth, as well as serving broth to those keeping company; he steps back, burns incense, unfolds his niṣīdana and bows, rises, greets them with folded hands to thank them for their company; the drum is struck three times, and they leave their seats; if there are three to five persons in the west hall, it is divided into two seatings: in the first seating, the west hall drinks broth and the abbot performs the ceremony; in the second seating, the two ranks drink broth and the attendant performs the ceremony; or if there is no west hall, it is omitted. After the scripture-chanting is over, broth and fruit are prepared, and the two ranks and retired officers are invited beforehand; if there are Dharma relatives, seniors, or fellow disciples, all should be invited; junior disciples and disciple-grandsons must not share the same mat; once seated, the abbot rises, offers incense, and presents the broth; after this, the attendant burns incense and serves broth and fruit).