勅修百丈清規 4.10

4.10

位居後板輔贊宗風。軌則莊端為眾模範。蓋以眾多故分前後。齋粥二時過堂及坐禪。則後門出入。如缺前堂。住持別日上堂白眾請轉前板。插單唱食。其坐禪坐參。只眾寮前第三下板即入堂。不必鳴首座寮前板。餘行事悉與前堂同。

His seat is at the rear bench, assisting and extolling the ancestral style. His deportment is solemn and upright, a model for the community. Because the assembly is large, they are divided into front and rear. During the two meals of gruel and rice when going to the hall, as well as during seated meditation, he enters and exits through the rear door. If the front hall is vacant, the abbot, on another day, ascends the hall and announces to the community the request for him to move to the front bench, insert his name placard, and call the meals. During seated meditation and seated instruction, he enters the hall at only the third strike of the clapper in front of the communal dormitory, without needing to strike the clapper in front of the head seat dormitory. All other duties are identical to those of the front hall.