[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [勅修百丈清規](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2025) › 6.6 # 勅修百丈清規 6.6 勅修百丈清規 6.6 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [6.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2025.6.6) 今時叢林有多眾處。猶特講晚參以存古意。謂之大坐參。與常坐參同。但首座入堂不燒香。便歸位待住持入堂坐定。堂司行者鳴首座寮前板三下。大眾轉身向外坐。首座下地從後門出。復轉從前門入。聖僧前燒香如常。巡堂歸被位坐少定。若住持晚參則不鳴堂前鍾。方丈客頭鳴法鼓三下。住持出堂。首座領眾隨至法堂。或寢堂住持據座。侍者兩序東西堂各出班。問訊開示畢。眾散歸寮藥石。若不晚參則堂司行者進首座前問訊云（堂頭和尚今晚放參）轉聖僧後。右出令喝食行者中立問訊長聲喝云（放參）鳴堂前鍾三下。大眾下地普同和南。首座先出堂。次住持出。頭首出眾。各出全單歸眾寮藥石。若講行時須講一參一免使後學知之。每日如有緣故不坐參時。供頭行者代首座出半單與大眾同。至晚眾寮前鳴板三下。眾出寮歸堂。昏鍾鳴（如居城市則候鼓鳴）頭首入堂。首座待鍾鳴。入燒香巡堂。次住持入燒香巡堂。候定鐘鳴。住持出堂。次頭首出。如坐再請禪住持後門入。歸位不巡堂。頭首隨眾。或抽解者即歸被位。更深住持出。聞首座開枕響。眾方偃息。在道兄弟不以此拘。次早三下板鳴眾起。聖僧侍者牽堂內手巾轆轤。驚酣眠者。起洗面眾歸堂已。首座入燒香巡堂。次住持入燒香巡堂。四鼓鳴住持出。鍾鳴首座出。以次頭首與大眾暫從後門出。換衣換頭袖抽解即歸守被位。或首座再入堂巡被位。鍾絕開靜板鳴眾方摺被。惟首座被係供頭摺。眾各隨意出堂。禮念亦兼修也。 > Nowadays, in monastic groves where there are large assemblies, they still specially conduct evening instruction to preserve the ancient meaning; this is called the 'grand sitting for instruction.' It is the same as the regular sitting for instruction, but when the head seat enters the hall he does not burn incense, but immediately returns to his position to await the abbot entering the hall and sitting settled. The postulant of the hall office strikes the board in front of the head seat's dormitory three times. The great assembly turns their bodies to sit facing outwards. The head seat steps down to the ground, exits through the rear door, turns and enters through the front door again, burns incense before the sacred monk as usual, patrols the hall, returns to his bedding-place, and sits for a short while. If the abbot gives evening instruction, the bell in front of the hall is not struck; the guest prefect of the abbot's quarters strikes the dharma drum three times. The abbot exits the hall; the head seat leads the assembly, following him to the dharma hall or the back hall. The abbot takes his seat; the attendants, the two ranks, and the western and eastern halls each step forward from their ranks, greet with folded hands, and when the instruction is finished, the assembly disperses and returns to their dormitories for the medicine-meal. If there is no evening instruction, the postulant of the hall office advances before the head seat, greets with folded hands, and says: 'The hall head upādhyāya releases instruction this evening.' He turns behind the sacred monk, exits to the right, and directs the food-announcing postulant to stand in the center, greet with folded hands, and call out in a drawn-out voice: 'Instruction is released!' Strike the bell in front of the hall three times. The great assembly steps down to the ground and universally greets with folded hands. The head seat exits the hall first, then the abbot exits, and the prefects exit. The assembly each pulls out their full bedding and returns to the communal dormitory for the medicine-meal. When conducting this practice, one must practice one instruction and one release, so that later learners will know of it. Every day, if for some reason there is no sitting for instruction, the offering-attendant postulant pulls out half the bedding on behalf of the head seat, together with the great assembly. At evening, strike the board in front of the communal dormitory three times. The assembly exits the dormitory and returns to the hall. When the dusk bell rings (if residing in a city, wait for the drum to sound), the prefects enter the hall. The head seat waits for the bell to ring, enters, burns incense, and patrols the hall. Next, the abbot enters, burns incense, and patrols the hall. Waiting for the settling bell to ring, the abbot exits the hall, and next the prefects exit. If sitting in meditation is requested again, the abbot enters through the rear door, returns to his place, and does not patrol the hall. The prefects follow the assembly. Those who use the toilet return immediately to their bedding-places. In the depth of the night, the abbot exits. Hearing the sound of the head seat unlocking the pillow, the assembly only then lies down to rest; brothers in the Way are not bound by this. The next morning, when the three strokes of the board sound, the assembly rises. The sacred monk's attendant pulls the towel-pulley inside the hall to startle those sleeping soundly. Having risen and washed faces, the assembly has already returned to the hall. The head seat enters, burns incense, and patrols the hall. Next, the abbot enters, burns incense, and patrols the hall. When the fourth drum sounds, the abbot exits; when the bell rings, the head seat exits. Next, the prefects and the great assembly temporarily exit through the rear door, change robes and head-sleeves, use the toilet, and immediately return to guard their bedding-places. Or the head seat re-enters the hall to patrol the bedding-places. When the bell ceases and the board for releasing quiet sounds, the assembly only then folds their quilts. Only the head seat's quilt is folded by the offering attendant. The assembly each exits the hall as they please; bowing and chanting are also cultivated alongside. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 6.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2025.6.5) - [Next: 6.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2025.6.7) - [Up: 6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2025.6) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2025~en-mt.6.6) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2025.6.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2025.6.6) · Pramāṇa