勅修百丈清規 1.19

1.19

Fascicle One
Chapter One: Prayers for Imperial Longevity
Imperial Birthday
Prayers and Eulogies on the Four Vegetarian Days of the Sovereign's Destiny
Prayers and Eulogies in the Canon Hall on the First and Fifteenth of the Month
Daily Prayers and Eulogies
Festival of One Thousand Autumns
Virtuous Months
Chapter Two: Requiting Kindness
National Memorial Days
Prayers
(Praying for Clear Weather)
(Praying for Rain)
(Praying for Snow)
(Warding off Locusts)
(Solar Eclipse)
(Lunar Eclipse)
Chapter Three: Requiting the Root
The Buddha's Descent and Birth
The Buddha's Enlightenment and Nirvāṇa
The Imperial Preceptor's Nirvāṇa
Chapter Four: Venerating the Patriarchs
Bodhidharma's Memorial Day
Baizhang's Memorial Day
The Memorial Days of the Founding Abbot and Successive Generations of Patriarchs
The Memorial Day of the Dharma-Transmitting Teacher
Chapter Five: The Abbot
The Abbot's Daily Routines
(Ascending the Hall)
(Evening Instruction)
(Informal Instruction)
(Announcing Incense)
(General Address)
(Entering the Room)
(Chanting)
(Inspecting the Dormitories)
(Admonishing the Assembly)
(Instructing Postulants and Novices)
(General Address for Postulants)
(Receiving the Dharma Robe)
(Receiving and Attending upon Venerable Elders)
(Donors Requesting [the Abbot] to Ascend the Seat and Offer a Meal to the Monks)
(Receiving the Decoction and Tea Offered by a Dharma Heir)
(Arrival of the Testamentary Letter of the Dharma-Transmitting Teacher)
Inviting a New Abbot
(Dispatching Special Envoys)
(The Incumbent Abbot Receiving the Invitation)
(Ascending the Seat upon Receiving the Invitation)
(The Special Envoy Specially Offering Decoction and Tea to the Newly Appointed Abbot)
(The Monastery Entertaining the Newly Appointed Abbot and the Special Envoy)
(The Newly Appointed Abbot Taking Leave of the Assembly, Ascending the Hall, and Decoction and Tea with the West Hall)
(A Prefect Receiving the Invitation)
(The Recipient of the Invitation Ascending the Seat)
(The Special Envoy Specially Offering Decoction and Tea to the Recipient of the Invitation, and the Monastery Entertaining the Recipient of the Invitation and the Special Envoy)
(The Recipient of the Invitation Taking Leave of the Assembly, Ascending the Seat, and Decoction and Tea)
Entering the Monastery
(The Monastery Inviting the Newly Appointed Abbot to a Meal)
(Opening the Hall and Praying for Longevity)
(The Monastery Specially Offering Decoction and Tea to the Newly Appointed Abbot)
(Informal Instruction on That Evening)
(Ascending the Seat for the Donors Who Founded the Monastery)
(Entertaining the Special Envoy)
(Retaining and Inviting the Two Ranks)
(Expressing Thanks upon Leaving and Entering)
(Handing over the Title Deeds and Monastic Property)
(Receiving the Decoction and Tea Offered by the Two Ranks and Retired Officers)
Retiring from the Monastery
Passing Away
(Placing in the Coffin)
(Inviting the Funeral Director)
(Inviting the Functionaries of the Funeral Office)
(Mourning Attire)
(Buddhist Services)
(Moving the Coffin)
(Hanging the Portrait, Raising Laments, and Making Libations of Tea and Decoction)
(Informal Instruction before the Spirit, Libations of Tea and Decoction, Chanting, and Sacrificial Offerings)
(The Order of Sacrificial Offerings)
(The Funeral Procession, Hanging the Portrait, and Making Libations of Tea and Decoction)
(Cremation)
(Entombing the Whole Body in a Stūpa)
(Auctioning the Robes)
(Entombing the Relics in a Stūpa)
(Delivering the Testamentary Letter)
(Entertaining the Funeral Director and Functionaries of the Funeral Office)
Deliberating and Recommending an Abbot