勅修百丈清規 4.19

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凡遇開浴。齋前掛開浴牌。寒月五日一浴。暑天每日淋汗。鋪設浴室。掛手巾。出面盆拖鞋脚布。參頭差行者直浴。齋罷浴頭覆維那首座住持畢。鳴鼓三下。浴聖桶內皆著少湯。燒香禮拜想請聖浴。次第巡廓鳴板三下。遍鳴鼓第一通僧眾入浴。第二通末頭首入浴。第三通行者入浴。此時住持方入。以屏風遮隔而浴。第四通人力入浴。監作行者知事居末浴。就彈壓之。併點視。令息竈中火及炭煤。水洒乾淨有餘柴搬於遠處。其入浴資次當刊揭浴室外（今時謂住持殿頭首後浴。知事殿行者後浴。非也。如住持有故欲同頭首先浴。則不用設屏障。不入小閣內。只頭首板頭解衣）室內掛小板旁釘小牌。書云（鳴板一聲添湯。二聲添水。三聲則止。以此為節）如施主設浴。則課經回向能妙觸宣明。成佛子住則功不浪施矣。

Whenever the bath is opened, he hangs the bath-opening placard before the midday meal. In cold months, a bath is held once every five days; in the heat of summer, sweat is washed off daily. He arranges the bathhouse, hangs towels, and sets out washbasins, sandals, and foot mats. The senior postulant assigns postulants to attend the bath. After the midday meal, the bath attendant reports to the karmadāna, head seat, and abbot; when finished, he strikes the drum three times. A little hot water is put into the bucket for bathing the holy image; burning incense and prostrating, he mentally invites the holy one to bathe. Next, he patrols the corridors and strikes the clapper three times, followed by sounding the drum throughout: at the first sequence, the assembly of monks enters the bath; at the second sequence, the junior prefects enter the bath; at the third sequence, the postulants enter the bath. At this time the abbot enters, bathing behind a partition screen. At the fourth sequence, the hired laborers enter the bath. The work-supervising postulants and administrators bathe last, simultaneously keeping order and inspecting the premises, extinguishing the fire and coals in the furnace, sprinkling water cleanly, and moving leftover firewood far away. The order of bathing should be posted outside the bathhouse. (Nowadays it is said that the abbot bathes after the prefects and the administrators bathe after the postulants; this is incorrect. If the abbot, due to specific reasons, wishes to bathe first along with the prefects, then there is no need to set up a partition screen or enter the small booth; he simply removes his clothes at the head of the prefects' bench.) Inside the room a small wooden board is hung with a small placard nailed beside it, reading: (One strike of the clapper to add hot water; two strikes to add cold water; three strikes to stop; this serves as the signal). If a donor sponsors a bath, sutras are recited and merit dedicated, so that wondrous touch is clearly revealed and they abide as sons of the Buddha; then the merit is not expended in vain.