《Toh 336 (Kangyur)》
CBETA 84K-toh336
One who wishes to take up the ringing staff should kneel before an honorable one and say three times, “Honorable one, I request your attention. Today, I, named so-and-so, request you, honorable one, to be my teacher for carrying the ringing staff.” The honorable one then says, “Pay attention. Venerable one, after generating the mind aspiring for unsurpassed awakening, will you take up the ringing staff and utilize it properly? “Do not hold it with dirty hands. When entering a dwelling of the saṅgha, do not rest it with its head and lower tip removed. The Tibetan text permits more than one reading. It can also be read, “When entering the dwelling of the saṅgha, do not leave it with its head and lower tip sticking out.” When entering the homes of householders, point the lower tip behind you. “In the morning, when conditions are right for you to go to the home of a householder to beg for alms, rattle the staff three times at their door. If no one responds when you rattle it three times, you should rattle it five times. If no one responds when you rattle it five times, you should rattle it seven times. If no one responds when you rattle it seven times, you should proceed to another ho…
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