勅修百丈清規 8.7

8.7

叢林號令資始也。曉擊則破長夜警睡眠。慕擊則覺昏衢疏冥昧。引杵宜緩揚聲欲長。凡三通各三十六下。總一百八下。起止三下稍緊。鳴鍾行者想念偈云（願此鍾聲超法界。鐵圍幽暗悉皆聞。聞塵清淨證圓通。一切眾生成正覺）仍稱觀世音菩薩名號。隨號扣擊其利甚大。遇。

This is what initiates the monastic grove's signals. Struck at dawn, it shatters the long night and alerts the sleeping; struck at dusk, it awakens the dark pathways and clears the gloom. The pestle should be pulled slowly, and the sound raised should be prolonged. In all, there are three rounds of thirty-six strikes each, making one hundred and eight strikes in total. The opening and closing three strikes are slightly tighter. The postulant who rings the bell visualizes and recites the verse, saying: '(May this sound of the bell transcend the Dharma realm, / Heard throughout the dark obscurities of the Iron Enclosure Mountains; / The defilements of hearing purified, may they realize complete penetration, / And all sentient beings achieve right awakening.)' He also recites the name of the Bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara, striking in accord with the name; its benefit is extremely great. On occasions of: