勅修百丈清規 8.40

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金光明經云。信相菩薩夜夢金鼓。其狀姝大其明普照。喻如日光。光中得見十方諸佛眾寶樹下坐琉璃座。百千眷屬圍繞而為說法。一人似婆羅門。以枹擊鼓出大音聲。其聲演說懺悔偈頌。信相菩薩從夢寤已。至於佛所。以其夢中所見金鼓及懺悔偈。向如來說。又楞嚴經云。阿難。汝更聽此祇陀園中食辦擊鼓眾集撞鐘。鐘鼓音聲前後相續。於意云何。此等為是聲來耳邊。耳往聲處。

The Suvarṇaprabhāsa Sūtra says: 'Bodhisattva Ruciraketu at night dreamed of a golden drum, its shape grand and large, its brightness universally shining, like the light of the sun. In the light he was able to see the Buddhas of the ten directions beneath various jeweled trees seated on lapis lazuli thrones, surrounded by hundreds of thousands of retinues as they expounded the Dharma. There was a person resembling a brāhmaṇa, who struck the drum with a mallet, producing a great sound. The sound expounded verses of confession. When Bodhisattva Ruciraketu awakened from the dream, he went to where the Buddha was, and with the golden drum and verses of confession seen in his dream, he related them to the Tathāgata.' Also, the Śūraṅgama Sūtra says: 'Ānanda, listen further: in this Jeta Grove, when the meal is ready the drum is struck, and when the assembly gathers the bell is struck. The sounds of the bell and drum succeed one another. What do you think? Do these sounds come to the ear, or does the ear go to the place of the sound?'