勅修百丈清規 3.101

3.101

移龕就法堂鎖龕已。請掛真佛事畢。如有親書遺言。侍者捧呈主喪人及首座大眾云（堂頭和尚臨終遺言。呈似首座大眾）主喪人躬接遞與首座。以所書香爐上熏。授維那讀過。喪司行者貼法堂中間上手幕上。主喪白云（堂頭和尚歸寂理合舉哀）舉佛事罷。舉哀三聲。大眾同哭。小師列幕下哀泣。舉奠茶湯佛事。小師列真前禮拜歸幕下。主喪炷香禮真。兩序勤舊大眾以次炷香禮真。小師真左答拜。主喪人幕下吊慰。小師隨禮主喪人三拜。次慰兩序大眾云（法門不幸堂頭和當遽戢化權。敢冀大眾力為維持後事）首座答云（尚賴和尚力賜主張）兩序大眾慰小師云（山門不幸和尚歸真。旦望節哀以終大事）小師夜守龕幃。喪司列排祭次（見後）貼法堂下間幕上。凡祭文皆喪司書記為之。每日或兩次三次。上祭無拘。蓋檀越諸山來有先後隨時。若法眷門人上祭到門。知客接已即報喪司。隨送孝服。然後上祭所有賻儀用餘。當歸常住。補犒諸山人從支費。喪司集兩序勤舊。將抄剳衣鉢議。從遺囑留送外。估定新舊短長價直高下。庶免唱衣臨時紛紜。

After the casket is moved to the dharma hall and locked, and the rite of hanging the portrait is concluded, if there are handwritten testamentary words, the attendant presents them to the chief mourner, the head seat, and the great assembly, saying, "The testament of the hall head upādhyāya at his passing is presented to the head seat and the great assembly." The chief mourner personally receives it and hands it to the head seat, who censes the document over the incense burner and hands it to the karmadāna to read. The postulant of the funeral office posts it on the upper screen in the center of the dharma hall. The chief mourner announces, "The hall head upādhyāya has returned to silence; it is proper to raise the lamentation." When the Buddhist rite is concluded, he raises the lamentation three times, and the great assembly weeps together. The junior disciples line up beneath the screen, weeping bitterly. The rite of offering tea and hot decoction is performed. The junior disciples line up before the portrait, prostrate, and return beneath the screen. The chief mourner burns incense and bows to the portrait. The two ranks, the retired officers, and the great assembly burn incense and bow to the portrait in turn. The junior disciples return the bows to the left of the portrait. The chief mourner offers condolences beneath the screen. The junior disciples then make three prostrations to the chief mourner. Next, he consoles the two ranks and the great assembly, saying, "It is the misfortune of the Dharma gate that the hall head upādhyāya has suddenly withdrawn his converting authority. I dare to hope the great assembly will strive to maintain the funeral affairs." The head seat replies, "We still rely upon the Upādhyāya to grant his direction with all his might." The two ranks and the great assembly console the junior disciples, saying, "It is the misfortune of the mountain gate that the upādhyāya has returned to reality. We only hope you will moderate your grief to bring this great affair to completion." The junior disciples guard the casket screen through the night. The funeral office posts the order of sacrificial offerings (see below) on the lower screen of the dharma hall. All funeral elegies are composed by the recorder of the funeral office. Daily, offerings may be made twice or thrice without restriction, as the donors and monks of other mountains arrive earlier or later, at varying times. If Dharma relatives and disciples arrive at the gate to make offerings, the guest master receives them and immediately notifies the funeral office, which forthwith delivers mourning garments, after which the offerings are presented. Any surplus from the condolence gifts should go to the permanent establishment to defray the expenses of rewarding the retinues of the various mountains. The funeral office gathers the two ranks and the retired officers to examine the inventory of robes and bowls. Except for those reserved or gifted in accordance with the testamentary instructions, they appraise their values based on new or old, short or long, high or low, so as to avoid confusion when the robes are auctioned.