附半月誦菩薩戒儀式註
Commentary on the Biweekly Bodhisattva Precepts Recitation Ceremony
毗補提囉怛娜伽耶婆那摩賀
Mahāprabhāvana
冐地質多沙門 弘贊 注
按此誦式。未詳作者。尋其始末。多錄菩薩戒本經及一切有部戒本之文。然菩薩戒本。乃北凉曇無讖法師所譯。其有部戒本。是大唐景龍四年。義淨三藏奉詔譯。今此戒序文云。於像法中者。葢如來滅度一千年。教流漢地。自漢明帝。至宋仁宗辛卯歲。教被此土。一千年。名為像法。自此以後。悉名末法。既云於像法中。明非末法時作。戒本後譯。復非唐上所輯。可是唐末宋初。台教人集也。
This recitation format's author is unknown. Examining its contents, it extensively draws from the *Bodhisattva Precepts Sutra* and the *Sarvāstivāda Precepts Sutra*. The *Bodhisattva Precepts Sutra* was translated by the Northern Liang dynasty's Dharmarakṣa, while the *Sarvāstivāda Precepts Sutra* was translated in the fourth year of the Jinglong era of the Tang dynasty by the Tripitaka Master Yijing, following an imperial decree. The preface to these precepts mentions "during the age of the semblance Dharma." This refers to the thousand years after the Buddha's parinirvana when the teachings spread to China. From Emperor Ming of the Han dynasty to the Xīn-Mǎo year of Emperor Renzong of the Song dynasty, the teachings were transmitted to this land for a thousand years, known as the age of the semblance Dharma. After this period, it is called the age of the decline of the Dharma. Since it states "during the age of the semblance Dharma," it clearly indicates it was not composed during the age of the decline of the Dharma. The precepts were translated later and were not compiled during the Tang dynasty. It is likely that this was compiled by a Tiantai practitioner during the late Tang or early Song dynasty.
眾中當差堪能誦者誦之。眾既雲集。先舉香讚畢。三稱云。
The assembly shall select a capable person to recite. Once the assembly has gathered, first offer incense and praises, then chant three times:
南無梵網教主盧舍那佛。
次舉開經偈。其誦者昇座。白眾云。
Next, we recite the opening verse of the sutra. The reciter ascends the seat and addresses the assembly, saying:
某甲稽首和南。敬白大眾。僧差誦戒。恐有錯悞。願同誦者。慈悲指示。
I bow with reverence and greet the assembly. Humbly I announce to all: having been appointed by the Sangha to recite the precepts, I fear there may be errors or omissions. I earnestly ask those reciting together: with compassion, please point out any mistakes.
○初歸敬三寶 二䇿修 三作前方便四誦戒序 五結問 六正誦戒經。