勅修百丈清規 8.23

8.23

大殿早慕住持知事行香時。大眾看誦經呪時。直殿者鳴之唱衣時。維那鳴之。行者披剃時作梵闍黎鳴之。小手磬堂司行者常隨身。遇眾諷誦鳴之。為起止之節。

In the main hall in the morning and dusk when the abbot and administrators walk with incense, and when the assembly reads and chants scriptures and dhāraṇīs, the hall custodian strikes it. When robes are auctioned, the karmadāna strikes it. When postulants are tonsured, the chanting ācārya strikes it. A small handheld chiming bowl is kept constantly on the person of the hall postulant; whenever the assembly chants, he strikes it to signal the beginnings and stops.