The Great Tragedy Hospital has 48 deacons and 8 classrooms. Among these 48 deacons, there are generally four class leaders, namely, the chief, the west hall, the back hall and the hall owner. In addition to the abbot, the "first building" is the successor of the abbot, ranking second only to the abbot and the monk, and is often held by people who practice morality and business.
In addition, there are 40 monks who are in charge of fire, water, vegetables and toilets respectively.
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After entering the Buddha, monks in different positions have different names. Just getting started is called' novice monk'; After learning to be ordained, it is called' becoming a monk'; After a period of time, monks who do not hold positions in temples are called "Zhong Qing", and monks who are in charge of various jobs in temples are called deacons. "
The highest leader of a Buddhist temple is the abbot. He is the head of a temple, the monk in charge of the temple, and has the intention of staying in the temple for a long time to protect the law. Because the place where you live is called the abbot, and the abbot is also called the abbot.
The former abbot called it "former residence", the current abbot called it "present residence" and the future abbot called it "back residence". For example, Wutai Mountain Temple in history is divided into descendants temple and Shifang temple. The temple of descendants is a family heirloom, and the abbot is the highest in seniority. The abbot of Shifang Temple is democratically elected by the monks of the whole temple.
If the temple is large in scale and has a large number of monks, in order to strictly manage it, under the abbot, there are various deacons resident and responsible for daily affairs.
These deacons are divided into two categories: sequential and sequential. Responsible for burning incense, going to the temple, chanting, correspondence, external liaison, entertaining guests, medical treatment for monks and other affairs; He is in charge of the temple's financial revenue and expenditure, warehouse, grain and tea, bell and drum inspection, etc. Steps and columns are divided into east steps and west steps. East is the mainstay, and west is the guest. There are as many as 80 such deacons. But according to the size of the temple and the number of monks, there can be more or less.
Deacons are arranged in the following order:
Sequential order:
East stage-Na Wei, Yue Zhong, founder, incense burning, recording, mantle, soup, waiter, Zhong Qing, guests, walkers and candle lamps.
West preface-seat yuan, first seat, west hall, back hall, hall master, secretary, Tibetan master, monk value, knowing Tibet, knowing guests, attending the head and managing water.
Column execution order:
East order-supervisor, supervisor, auxiliary temple, treasurer, supervisor, landlord, mill head, prairie fire, temple owner, hour, drum head, night patrol.
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There are eight temples, and the specific division of labor is as follows:
Prison: commonly known as master. Among the big monasteries, the abbot Gao Delong is older, generally not responsible for the actual work, but managed by the prison, in charge of the economic income and expenditure and warehouse of the whole temple.
Zhike: He is the head of the guest room, responsible for receiving monks and lay people, mainly lay people.
Na Wei: At first, he was the main person in charge of monks, who was responsible for mediating disputes between monks and the discipline of monks. Na Wei is mainly responsible for street worship and chanting ceremonies in temples and temples. ?
Monk value: also known as picket, it is mainly responsible for managing the dignity of monks and nuns and must not violate the temple rules.
Canon seat: mainly responsible for kitchen, fasting, managing monks' diet, fasting on time and regulating diet.
Liaoyuan: He is the head of Yunshui Guild Hall. Responsible for entertaining foreign monks and laymen who come to pay bills temporarily.
Clothing bowl: it is the head of the abbot's office of the Great Temple, that is, the secretary of the abbot and monk.
Secretary: master the sending, receiving and drafting of official documents, and be responsible for the secretarial work of the whole temple.
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