勅修百丈清規 3.128

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喪事畢。主喪請侍者辦事人。充專使。分路馳送諸山法眷檀越官員遺書。唯尊宿相見下語。須擇能事人充專使。至彼寺首到客司相見。知客引見侍司。預備袢袱盛書物。侍者詣方丈通覆。住持當即相接令請兩序同開書專使進前問訊云（請和尚趺坐）若住持垂語。須下語插香展禮。住持免則觸禮如常相看。燒香喫茶罷。待兩序至。專使起爐前謝茶。再插大香一片。展禮稟云（某處和尚某月某日歸寂。遺書遺物令某馳送）即呈書物住持云（法門衰落不勝哀感）兩序進問訊。首座分手就坐。專使住持對面退一位坐。茶罷起身。住持白云（法門不幸某處和尚歸寂不勝哀感）侍者備書剪托書物。侍者度書與住持。接就爐上熏付侍者。送與維那。行者度剪開緘宣讀已。侍者揖專使上住持對面位坐（西堂權趲向下位坐讓客）侍者燒香點湯送專使歸安下處。先住持問訊。次侍者兩序問訊。知客引巡寮。先庫司次頭首寮蒙堂四寮侍者稟請特為湯湯。罷藥石。至晚湯果大方遺書至。兩序光伴以次。兩序上首維那侍者光伴。請書記作祭文。方丈祭文或住持自作江湖法眷辦事皆當備香致祭。侍者一一提點。次早方丈請茶。法堂下間設靈几排祭。侍者覆上堂。行者報眾掛上堂牌。座下備卓袱盛書物。座左排住持位。鳴鼓眾集。住持出法座下位前立。鼓絕進香卓。知客引專使。住持前行禮插香。初展云（輒持遺墨仰萬尊慈下情不勝惶恐之至）再展云（即日時令謹時恭惟。堂頭和尚尊候起居多福）觸禮三拜呈遺書。住持接書爐上熏付侍者。遞維那宣讀。專使問訊住持畢。歸知客班後立。住持陞座下座詣靈几前。住香點湯上祭點茶展拜。專使座右還拜。維那出班揖住持。燒香侍者捧香盒。兩序上香畢。住持兩序展拜維那宣祭文。住持復展拜專使答拜。舉楞嚴呪。回向云（上來謹經功德。奉為某處和尚僧崇品位。十方三世云云）兩序四寮江湖辦事鄉人皆致祭。專使答拜。以下法眷小師辦事專使不答拜畢。舉大悲呪回向。專使出靈前兩展三禮謝住持。免則觸禮次巡寮致謝。然後山門管待專使。請兩序光伴。若前住持本寺。一併入祖堂。諷經了。就便迎牌。到祖堂住持拈香安牌有法語安已。專使即拜謝住持。若當代入祖堂。寢堂安骨諷經三日。待新住持入祖堂。或無遺書遺物與當代住持。其徒自為入祖堂者。初到寺見侍者。引見住持。插香展拜相看燒香喫茶起身稟意畢。送安下處。次到頭首庫司單寮蒙堂諸處。相看擬日。辦供俵䞋。法堂致祭。諷經牌入祖堂住持有法語禮與前同。

When the funeral matters are concluded, the funeral director requests an attendant or capable officer to serve as a special envoy, to travel in different directions and deliver the bequest letters to various monasteries, Dharma-kin, patrons, and government officials. Because the envoy must exchange words in meeting with venerable elders, an able person must be chosen to serve as special envoy. Arriving at the other monastery, the envoy first goes to the guest office to meet. The guest master leads him to meet the attendant office. A cloth wrapper is prepared in advance to hold the letters and articles. The attendant goes to the abbot's quarters to announce the visit. The abbot should immediately receive him and order the two ranks to be invited to open the letter together. The special envoy steps forward, greets with folded hands, and says: 'I invite the upādhyāya to sit cross-legged.' If the abbot delivers an opening statement, the envoy must exchange words, insert incense, and perform prostrations. If the abbot declines, the envoy makes prostrations touching the mat and exchanges ordinary greetings. After burning incense and taking tea, when the two ranks arrive, the special envoy rises before the brazier to thank him for the tea. He inserts another large piece of incense, performs prostrations, and reports: 'The upādhyāya of such-and-such place entered quiescence on such-and-such month and day; he instructed me to deliver his bequest letter and bequest articles.' He then presents the letters and articles. The abbot says: 'The Dharma gate has suffered decline; I cannot bear my sorrow.' The two ranks enter and greet with folded hands. The head seat divides positions and takes his seat. The special envoy sits facing the abbot, stepped back by one seat. When the tea is finished and they rise, the abbot announces: 'An unfortunate event has befallen the Dharma gate: the upādhyāya of such-and-such place has entered quiescence; I cannot bear my sorrow.' The attendant prepares letter scissors and a tray for the letter and articles. The attendant hands the letter to the abbot, who receives it, purifies it over the brazier, and hands it to the attendant, who delivers it to the karmadāna. A postulant hands the scissors, and the letter is unsealed and read aloud. The attendant bows to invite the special envoy to take the seat opposite the abbot (the west hall temporarily shifts down a seat to yield to the guest). The attendant burns incense and serves decoctions, and escorts the special envoy back to his lodging. First the abbot greets with folded hands, then the attendants and the two ranks greet with folded hands. The guest master leads him to make the rounds of the dormitories: first the storehouse, then the prefects' quarters, the infirmary hall, and the four dormitories. The attendant announces an invitation for a special decoction. After the decoction, the evening medicine stone is taken. In the evening, decoctions and fruits are served. If a bequest letter from a major monastery arrives, the two ranks accompany the guest; the senior members of the two ranks, the karmadāna, and the attendants accompany him. The secretary is requested to compose a funeral eulogy; the abbot's quarters eulogy is either composed by the abbot himself, or prepared by traveling Dharma-kin officers, all of whom should prepare incense and make memorial offerings. The attendant oversees each detail. The next morning, the abbot's quarters serves tea. In the lower bay of the dharma hall, a spirit table is set up and offerings are arranged. The attendant announces the ascent to the hall; the postulant announces it to the assembly and hangs the ascent placard. Below the seat, a covered table is prepared to hold the letters and articles. To the left of the seat, the abbot's place is arranged. The drum is beaten and the assembly gathers. The abbot comes out and stands before the lower position of the dharma seat. When the drum ceases, he approaches the incense table. The guest master leads the special envoy. The envoy performs the ritual before the abbot and inserts incense. At the first unfolding of the mat, he says: 'I respectfully present the bequeathed calligraphy, gazing up with utmost trepidation toward your venerable compassion.' At the second unfolding of the mat, he says: 'At this season and time, I respectfully consider the venerable health and daily life of the hall head upādhyāya to be endowed with great fortune.' Making three prostrations touching the mat, he presents the bequest letter. The abbot receives the letter, purifies it over the brazier, hands it to the attendant, and passes it to the karmadāna to read aloud. When the special envoy finishes greeting the abbot with folded hands, he stands behind the guest master's row. The abbot ascends the seat, then descends and approaches the spirit table, offers incense, serves decoctions, makes memorial offerings, serves tea, and prostrates. The special envoy bows in return to the right of the seat. The karmadāna steps out of the row to bow to the abbot. The incense-burning attendant holds the incense box. After the two ranks finish offering incense, the abbot and two ranks perform prostrations, and the karmadāna proclaims the eulogy. The abbot prostrates again, and the special envoy bows in return. They intone the Śūraṅgama Mantra, dedicating the merit: 'May the merit of the scriptures respectfully recited above be dedicated to the upādhyāya of such-and-such place to elevate his spiritual rank. All Buddhas of the ten directions and the three times, and so on.' The two ranks, four dormitories, traveling officers, and fellow-countrymen all offer sacrifices, and the special envoy bows in return. For the disciples and officers among the Dharma-kin below, the special envoy does not bow in return. When finished, they intone the Great Compassion Dhāraṇī and dedicate the merit. The special envoy steps before the spirit table, unrolls his mat twice and performs three bows to thank the abbot; if declined, he touches the mat in prostration, and then makes the rounds of the dormitories to offer thanks. Afterward, the monastery entertains the special envoy, inviting the two ranks to accompany him. If he was a former abbot of this monastery, his tablet is simultaneously installed in the Patriarchs' Hall. After scriptures are chanted, the tablet is immediately escorted. At the Patriarchs' Hall, the abbot burns incense, installs the tablet, and delivers Dharma words. Once installed, the special envoy bows in thanks to the abbot. If it is the current abbot who is installed in the Patriarchs' Hall, the bones are enshrined in the living quarters with scripture chanting for three days, awaiting the new abbot's arrival before entering the Patriarchs' Hall. If there are no bequest letters or bequest articles given to the current abbot, and his disciples themselves come to install the tablet in the Patriarchs' Hall: upon first arriving at the monastery, they meet the attendant, who leads them to see the abbot; they insert incense, prostrate, exchange greetings, burn incense, drink tea, rise, and state their intention. When finished, they are escorted to their lodging. Next, they visit the prefects, the storehouse, the individual dormitories, the infirmary hall, and various places to exchange greetings, decide on a date, prepare offerings, distribute monetary gifts, make offerings in the dharma hall, chant scriptures, and install the tablet in the Patriarchs' Hall, where the abbot delivers Dharma words, with etiquette identical to the preceding.