[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) › [釋氏要覽](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2127) › 1.439 # 釋氏要覽 1.439 釋氏要覽 1.439 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.439](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2127.1.439) （宣律師云。下之赴上曰赴。上之赴下曰訃）。今之赴請儀式。行香定座之事。皆道安法師布置也。南山鈔。有赴請設則篇。文多不錄。大凡若到施主家視之。或未安佛像及聖僧座。應告安置之。諸比丘各須詢問年歲（年歲即夏臘也）。大小次第坐之○僧祇律云。坐訖。上座須勞問施主生活等（勞去聲）十誦律云住家上座（赴請眾上座名住家）應好觀自徒眾。莫令諸根散亂調戲。當淨持威儀令生檀越善心。齋訖應為讚歎飲食。如法呪願。應謝施主云。厚施如法。貧道何德堪之○僧祇律云。請有二種。一僧次。二私請。或得種種雜物施者。若僧次歸僧。若私請歸己。 > (Vinaya Master \[Daoxuan\] of Xishan says: "When the lower goes to the higher, it is called fu 赴 \[attending\]; when the higher goes to the lower, it is called fu 訃 \[announcing\].") Today's ceremonial for attending invitations, such as the procession of incense and determining seating, was entirely arranged by Dharma Master Dao'an. The Nanshan chao contains a chapter on "Regulations for Attending Invitations"; its text is lengthy, so it is not recorded here. In general, upon arriving at the donor's house, one observes it: if a Buddha image and the seat for the holy monk have not yet been arranged, one should instruct them to install them. The monks must each ask about their years (years means their rains-retreat seniority), and sit in order of seniority. The Mahāsāṃghika-vinaya says: "Having sat, the senior elder (sthavira) must inquire after the donor's livelihood, and so forth." (Lao 勞 is in the departing tone.) The Sarvāstivāda-vinaya says: "The residential elder (the head of the assembly attending the invitation is called the 'residential elder') should properly watch over his own disciples, not allowing their sense faculties to be scattered or engaged in playful joking; he should purely maintain deportment to give rise to wholesome thoughts in the donor. When the meal is finished, he should praise the food and drink and make aspirational prayers (dhāraṇī-praṇidhāna) according to the Dharma. He should thank the donor, saying: 'This generous offering is in accordance with the Dharma; what virtue has this poor monk to be worthy of it?'" The Mahāsāṃghika-vinaya says: "Invitations are of two kinds: first, by order of the Saṃgha; second, private invitations. If one receives various miscellaneous items as gifts: if it was by order of the Saṃgha, they belong to the Saṃgha; if it was a private invitation, they belong to oneself." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.438](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2127.1.438) - [Next: 1.440](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2127.1.440) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2127.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2127~en-mt.1.439) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2127.1.439](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2127.1.439) · Pramāṇa