勅修百丈清規 3.50

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知事須隔宿覆住持。次早侍者令客頭掛上堂牌報眾。庫司差人嚴設祠堂。供養粥罷。特為上堂陳白事意畢。說法下座。集眾詣祠堂。炷香點茶湯上供。維那舉經回向。

The administrators must report to the abbot the evening before. The next morning, the attendant orders the guest prefect to hang the board for ascending the hall to notify the assembly. The monastery storehouse dispatches personnel to solemnly arrange the ancestral shrine and make offerings. After congee is over, he specially ascends the hall on their behalf, and having concluded presenting the purpose of the event, he expounds the Dharma and descends from the rostrum. Gathering the assembly, they proceed to the ancestral shrine, burn incense, and make offerings of tea and hot tonic. The karmadāna leads the chanting of sūtras for dedication of merit.