勅修百丈清規 3.60

3.60

至日首座知事勤舊詣方丈。插香拜請住持。次請侍者小師。鋪設住持寢堂中位。兩序勤舊位如常坐。侍者帶行小師問訊住持畢。兩序勤舊末坐。至時首座請住持出。揖坐行禮若免。只燒香進前問訊下䞋。首座知事勤舊為首。三人問訊歸位坐。食畢首座起身燒香。如免禮則就坐喫茶。諸山道舊及辦事法眷小師等。請寢堂煎點禮同。但煎點人設位高下。臨時斟酌。

On the appointed day, the head seat, administrators, and retired officers proceed to the abbot's quarters, insert incense, and prostrate to invite the abbot; next they invite the attendants and his personal disciples. The central seat in the abbot's sleeping hall is prepared for the abbot. The seats of the two ranks and retired officers are arranged as usual. After the attendants lead the personal disciples to greet the abbot with folded hands, the two ranks and retired officers take their seats at the lower end. At the appointed time, the head seat invites the abbot to come out, bows him to his seat, and conducts the ritual. If the full ritual is waived, they merely burn incense, step forward to greet him with folded hands, and present the gifts. The head seat, prior, and a retired officer act as leaders; the three greet him with folded hands and return to their seats. When eating is finished, the head seat rises and burns incense; if the full ritual is waived, they remain seated and drink tea. When old acquaintances from other monasteries and the administrative Dharma relatives or personal disciples invite the abbot to an offering of decotions in the sleeping hall, the ritual is the same, but the height of the seats arranged for the hosts is weighed according to the occasion.