[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [勅修百丈清規](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2025) › 2.52 # 勅修百丈清規 2.52 勅修百丈清規 2.52 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2025.2.52) 入室者。乃師家勘辦學子。策其未至。擣其虛亢攻其偏重。如烹金爐鉛汞不存。玉人治玉碔砆盡廢。不拘昏曉不擇處所。無時而行之。故昔時衲子小香合常隨身。但聞三下鼓鳴。即趨入室（今時以三八入室者。備故事也）遇開室時粥前侍者令客頭行者。僧堂前諸寮掛入室牌。寢堂設達磨像。前列香燭拜席。敷設室內秉燭裝香。拜席設左側。粥罷下堂客頭即緩擊鼓三下。住持至達磨前炷香。同侍者三拜入據室坐。侍者問訊班左立。行者問訊班右立。頭首領眾。達磨前各炷香三拜。聯接而至室前。後至者依次炷香展拜接排而立次第相趲不許攙先亂序。侍者燒香問訊。出外揖首座入。入先左足。仍以左手上香。進前問訊至禪椅右側。立聽舉話。或下語。或不下語。隨意過禪椅左。問訊退步。觸禮一拜舉左足。出揖次人入。一出一入相向問訊聯接不絕。若首座是大方西堂。或名德入燒香。住持當下座揖讓送出。遇陞堂白眾特免（此亦近代循襲之儀。若古德當機。佛祖不讓。寧講世禮。顧師家何如耳）只後堂領眾。暫到皆當入室。侍者居眾後入室畢炷香。大展三拜。行者插香三拜。住持復出達磨前炷香。大展三拜而退。 > “Entering the room” is when the master examines students, spurs on those who have not yet attained, crushes their false pretensions, and attacks their biased attachments—just as in a gold-smelting furnace neither lead nor mercury remains, or as a lapidary carves jade discarding all worthless stone. It is not limited to dusk or dawn, nor does it select a particular place; it is performed at any time. Therefore in ancient times, patch-robed monks always kept a small incense box on their persons: as soon as they heard three strikes of the drum, they would hasten to enter the room. (In modern times, entering the room on the “three and eight” days is merely maintaining an established precedent.) When the room is to be opened, before breakfast porridge the attendant instructs the guest prefect postulant to hang the “Entering the Room” board before the Sangha hall and all dormitories. An image of Bodhidharma is set up in the bed chamber, with incense, candles, and prostration mats arrayed before it. The inside of the room is prepared, candles are lit, and incense is loaded, with a prostration mat set on the left side. After breakfast porridge, upon leaving the hall, the guest prefect slowly strikes the drum three times. The abbot comes before Bodhidharma, burns incense, and makes three prostrations together with the attendants; he then enters the room and takes his seat. The attendants greet with folded hands and stand on the left of the line; the postulants greet with folded hands and stand on the right of the line. The prefects lead the assembly, and before Bodhidharma each burns incense and makes three prostrations, proceeding continuously to the front of the room. Those arriving later burn incense, make prostrations, and line up behind them in order, advancing in succession without being allowed to push ahead or disrupt the order. The incense-burning attendant burns incense, greets with folded hands, goes outside, and bows the head seat in. In entering, one steps first with the left foot and still offers incense with the left hand, advances, greets with folded hands, and goes to the right side of the Chan chair, standing to listen to the citation of a case; \[the abbot\] may make a remark or make no remark. According to the occasion, \[the student\] passes to the left of the Chan chair, greets with folded hands, steps back, makes one prostration touching the mat, raises the left foot, goes out, and bows the next person in. One coming out and one going in face each other and greet with folded hands, continuing without interruption. If the head seat is a senior west hall elder of great renown or an eminent virtue who enters to burn incense, the abbot should descend from his seat, bow in deference, and see him out. When ascending the hall, he announces to the assembly that \[such seniors\] are specially exempted. (This is also a practice adopted in recent generations. If an ancient virtue were facing the dynamic encounter, he would defer neither to buddhas nor patriarchs—how could he attend to worldly etiquette? It simply depends on what kind of master he is.) Only the rear hall leads the assembly; temporary residents must all enter the room. The attendants enter the room after the entire assembly; when finished, they burn incense and make three full prostrations. The postulants insert incense and make three prostrations. The abbot comes out again before Bodhidharma, burns incense, makes three full prostrations, and withdraws. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2025.2.51) - [Next: 2.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2025.2.53) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2025.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2025~en-mt.2.52) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2025.2.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2025.2.52) · Pramāṇa