勅修百丈清規 5.69

5.69

大方多眾。又尊宿嚴重。無汎常數見之禮。新到須候人多。各預詣侍司。附名作一起相看。侍者稟定。或九月初或冬前年節。眾推辦事名勝。或熟於叢林者為參頭。至日領眾至寢堂排立。侍者請住持出。參頭進云（請和尚趺坐）住持垂語參頭下語已。退步同眾問訊。插香展禮。次謝侍者。次早赴方丈茶求掛搭。候發榜（式見後）下堂司。送歸堂並與前同。住持併在謝掛搭時回禮。

In great monasteries the assembly is large, and venerable elders are dignified and grave; there is no etiquette of frequent, ordinary meetings. Newly arrived monks must wait until there are many people, and each should go in advance to the attendant office to register their names to hold the audience together as one group. The attendant reports and fixes the time, either at the beginning of the ninth month, or before winter, or at the New Year festival. The assembly selects a prominent monk who is capable of affairs or familiar with the monastery to be the travel leader. On that day, he leads the assembly to stand in line in the sleeping hall. The attendant invites the abbot to emerge. The travel leader steps forward and says, "We invite the upādhyāya to sit cross-legged." The abbot speaks words [of instruction], and after the travel leader has made his response, he steps back together with the assembly, greets with folded hands, inserts incense, and unfolds the mat in ceremony. Next, they thank the attendant. The following morning, they attend tea at the abbot's quarters to seek hospitality, and await the issuance of the notice (the form appears below) sent down to the hall office. Their being escorted into the hall is entirely the same as before. The abbot returns their courtesy together when they give thanks for hospitality.