勅修百丈清規 5.4

5.4

凡行者初受度牒。以柈袱托呈本師兩序各處。插香禮三拜。選日設旛剃頭（按律。選處設座。令於露地香水洒之。周匝七尺四角懸旛。今時多大殿須向佛。或相對設座。若法堂中須設像花香燭如儀。今僧堂中為眾多便床坐也）先稟維那和會。戒師并作梵闍梨。引請闍梨。選日既定。則隔宿剃頭。頂心留髮（名曰周羅。梵語周羅。此云小結也）設戒師座几。與住持分手。几上安香燭手爐戒尺。設作梵闍梨座几于聖僧右。與戒師對。几上安磬。聖僧案前置袈裟直裰度牒於上。自行堂鳴鈸引剃頭人出。土地堂祖堂佛殿各處。炷香禮三拜。序立僧堂前。鳴鍾集眾。頭首住持俱入堂訖。戒師二闍梨始入堂。大展三拜。各歸位。大眾齊坐定。引請闍梨至戒師前。大展三拜。胡跪合掌。戒師問云（僧集否）答云（已集）問云（和合否）答云（和合）　戒師云（僧今和合何所作為）答云（為行者剃頭受戒）戒師云（可爾）引請收坐具。起鳴手磬。引剃頭人入堂。聖僧前三拜。次戒師前三拜了就跪。作梵闍梨鳴大磬。作梵云（神仙五通人。作者於呪術。為彼慚愧者。攝諸不慚愧。如來立禁戒。半月半月說。以說戒利益。稽首禮諸佛）云何梵（云何於此經。究竟到彼岸。願佛開微密。廣為眾生說）作梵訖。復白云。為剃頭受戒者說。戒師起座大眾俱立。戒師秉爐白云。戒香定香慧香解脫香解脫知見香。光明雲臺遍法界。供養十方無量佛。十方無量法。十方無量僧。見聞普熏證寂滅。一切眾生亦如是。即將今晨剃頭受戒開啟功德。先願。

Whenever a postulant first receives his ordination certificate, he presents it supported on a platter covered with a cloth to his original master, the two ranks, and the various quarters, sticks incense into the burner, and bows three times. A day is selected, banners are set up, and his head is shaved. (According to the Vinaya, a place is chosen and a seat is prepared; the open ground is sprinkled with perfumed water, and banners are hung at the four corners measuring seven feet around. Nowadays, it is mostly held in the great hall facing the Buddha, or seats are set up facing each other. If in the Dharma hall, an image, flowers, incense, and candles must be set up according to the rules. Today, in the Sangha hall, it is done on the bench-beds for the convenience of the crowd.) First, he informs the karmadāna to consult and arrange with the precept master, the chant-intoning ācārya, and the ushering ācārya. Once the selected day is fixed, the head is shaved the preceding evening, leaving a tuft of hair at the crown of the head (called cūḍā; in Sanskrit cūḍā, translated here as "small knot"). The seat and table for the precept master are arranged opposite the abbot; on the table are placed incense, candles, a handheld censer, and a precept ruler. The seat and table for the chant-intoning ācārya are arranged to the right of the sacred monk, facing the precept master; on the table is placed an inverted bell. Before the table of the sacred monk, the kāṣāya robe, straight robe, and ordination certificate are set out on top. / From the postulants' hall, cymbals are sounded to lead the candidate for shaving out. To the Earth God Hall, the Patriarchs Hall, the Buddha Hall, and other quarters, he burns incense and performs three bows. They line up in front of the Sangha hall, and the bell is struck to gather the assembly. After the prefects and the abbot have all entered the hall, the precept master and the two ācāryas enter the hall for the first time, make three full prostrations with unfolded cloths, and each return to their seats. When the great assembly is seated together, the ushering ācārya steps before the precept master, makes three full prostrations with unfolded cloth, kneels on his right knee with palms joined. The precept master asks: "Is the Sangha assembled?" He replies: "They are already assembled." He asks: "Are they in harmony?" He replies: "They are in harmony." / The precept master says: "Now that the Sangha is in harmony, what is their business?" He replies: "To shave the postulant's head and transmit the precepts." The precept master says: "It is permissible." The usher gathers his sitting cloth, stands up, sounds the handheld bell, and leads the candidate into the hall. He bows three times before the sacred monk, then three times before the precept master, and then kneels down. The chant-intoning ācārya strikes the large inverted bell and intones the chant: / "Rṣis endowed with the five supernatural powers / Are the makers of incantations; / For those who possess a sense of shame / And to restrain all those who lack shame, / The Tathāgata instituted the prohibitive precepts, / To be recited half-month by half-month. / For the benefit of reciting the precepts, / I bow my head and pay homage to all Buddhas." / Then the chant of "How": / "How in this sūtra / Does one ultimately reach the other shore? / May the Buddha reveal the profound and secret / And expound it widely for sentient beings." / The intoning concluded, he announces again: "This is expounded for the one who has shaved his head and is receiving the precepts." The precept master rises from his seat, and the great assembly all stand. The precept master, holding the censer, announces: "Precept-incense, concentration-incense, wisdom-incense, liberation-incense, liberation knowledge-and-vision-incense; a dais of luminous clouds pervades the Dharma realm, making offering to the immeasurable Buddhas of the ten directions, the immeasurable Dharma of the ten directions, and the immeasurable Sangha of the ten directions. May all who see and hear be universally perfumed and realize quiescent extinction; may all sentient beings likewise be so. We dedicate the merits of initiating the shaving of the head and receiving the precepts this morning; first wishing:"