勅修百丈清規 6.45

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茶毘後堂司行者覆住持兩序侍者。齋罷僧堂前唱衣。仍報眾掛唱衣牌。候齋下堂排辦僧堂前。住持首座分手位兩序對坐。入門向裏橫安卓橙。卓上仍安筆硯磬剪掛絡合用什物。地上鋪席俱畢。堂司行者覆住持兩序侍者鳴鐘集眾。維那知客侍者同入堂歸位向裏列坐。堂司行者供頭喝食眾行者一行排列。向住持兩序問訊。轉身向維那知客侍者問訊畢。扛包籠住持兩序前。巡呈封記。於首座處請鎖匙呈過。開取衣物照字號。次第排席上。空籠向內側安。維那起身鳴磬一下。念誦云（浮雲散而影不留。殘燭盡而光自滅。今茲估唱用表無常。仰憑大眾奉為某甲上座資助覺靈往生淨土。念清淨法身毘盧遮那佛云云）十號畢鳴磬一下云（夫唱衣之法蓋稟常規。新舊短長自宜照顧。磬聲斷後不許翻悔。謹白）再鳴磬一下。拈度牒。於亡僧名字上。橫剪破云（亡僧本名度牒一道對眾剪破）鳴磬一下。付與行者。捧呈兩序。維那解袈裟安磬中。却換掛絡。堂司行者依次第拈衣物。呈過遞與。維那提起云。某號某物一唱若干。如估一貫。則從一伯唱起。堂司行者接聲唱眾中應聲。次第唱到一貫。維那即鳴磬一下云（打與一貫）餘號並同。或同聲應同價者行者喝住云（雙破）再唱起鳴磬為度。堂司行者問定某人名字。知客寫名上單。侍者照名發標。付貼供行者。遞與唱得人。供頭行者仍收衣物入籠。一一唱畢鳴磬一下。回向云（上來唱衣念誦功德。奉為圓寂某甲上座莊嚴報地。再勞尊眾。念十方三世云云）近來為息喧亂。多作鬮拈法（見住持章）衣物過三日不取者照價。出賣造板帳。

After the cremation, the postulants of the hall office report to the abbot, the two ranks, and the attendants. When the midday meal is over, the auction of clothing takes place before the Sangha hall. They also notify the community by hanging the notice board for the auction of clothing. Awaiting the end of the midday meal, when [the monks] descend from the hall, they arrange [the furnishings] before the Sangha hall. The abbot and the head seat divide their seat positions, and the two ranks sit facing each other. Entering the door, they set a table and benches crosswise facing inward. On the table they also place brush, inkstone, sounding bowl, scissors, hanging cords, and requisite utensils. Mats having all been spread on the ground, the postulants of the hall office report to the abbot, the two ranks, and the attendants, and strike the bell to assemble the community. The karmadāna, guest master, and attendants enter the hall together, return to their positions, and sit in a row facing inward. The postulants of the hall office, offering attendants, and food-announcing postulants line up in a single file; they greet the abbot and the two ranks with folded hands, turn around, and greet the karmadāna, guest master, and attendants with folded hands. They carry the hampers and baskets before the abbot and two ranks and make the rounds displaying the seals. They request the keys from the head seat, present them, open [the hampers], and take out the clothing and articles according to their identification marks, arranging them in sequence on the mats. The empty hampers are set sideways facing inward. The karmadāna rises, strikes the sounding bowl once, and recites: (“Floating clouds disperse and leave no shadow behind; a remnant candle burns out and its light naturally is extinguished. Now, this appraisal and auction is used to manifest impermanence. We rely upon the venerable assembly on behalf of Senior Monk So-and-so to aid his enlightened spirit to be reborn in the Pure Land. Recite ‘Pure Dharmakāya Vairocana Buddha’ and so forth.”) When the ten invocations are finished, he strikes the sounding bowl once and says: (“Now the method of auctioning clothing follows established regulations. Its newness or wear, length or brevity, should naturally be inspected by yourselves. After the sound of the sounding bowl ceases, no regrets or changes of mind are permitted. Respectfully announced.”) He strikes the sounding bowl once more, picks up the ordination certificate, and across the deceased monk's name cuts it through with scissors, saying: (“One ordination certificate bearing the deceased monk's original name is cut through before the assembly.”) He strikes the sounding bowl once, hands it to a postulant, who holds it up and presents it to the two ranks. The karmadāna unties the kāṣāya, places it inside the sounding bowl, and replaces it with a neck-hanging pouch. The postulants of the hall office pick up the garments and articles in proper sequence, show them, and pass them along. The karmadāna holds them up and says: “Article number so-and-so, item so-and-so: first bid, such-and-such an amount.” If appraised at one guan, the bidding starts from one hundred. The hall office postulants take up the call and chant it, and bids are called out from within the assembly, sequentially bidding up to one guan. The karmadāna then strikes the sounding bowl once and says: (“Knocked down for one guan!”) The remaining numbers are treated in the same manner. If voices call out the same price simultaneously, the postulants call a halt, saying: (“Double match!”) Bidding starts again, with the striking of the sounding bowl as the limit. The postulant of the hall office ascertains the person's name; the guest master enters the name on the roster; the attendants issue the tags according to the name and hand them to the assistant offering postulants to deliver to the winning bidder. The head offering postulant gathers the clothing and articles back into the hampers. When each and every item has been auctioned, [the karmadāna] strikes the sounding bowl once and dedicates the merit, saying: (“The merit of the preceding auction of clothing and recitation is dedicated on behalf of the late deceased Senior Monk So-and-so to adorn his place of recompense. We trouble the venerable assembly once more to recite ‘All Buddhas of the ten directions and three times’ and so forth.”) Recently, to eliminate noise and disorder, casting lots is often used (see the chapter on the abbot). Clothing and articles not claimed after three days are sold at the appraised price, and a wooden account board is prepared.