因明入正理論疏 1.2

1.2

詳夫空桑啟聖，資六位以明玄；苦賴興仙，暢二篇而顯理。豈若智圓十力，陶萬像以凝規；悲極三輪，廓五乘而垂範。是以應物機於雙樹，至教浹於塵洲；歸真寂於兩河，餘烈光乎沙劫。大矣哉！固難得而名也。暨乎二十八見，蟻聚於五天；一十六師，鵄張於四主。爰有菩薩，號商羯羅，聖者域龍之門人也。既資善誘，實號多聞，挹慧海於深衷，竦義山於奧腑。故乃鑿荊岑而採璞，游蛤浦以求珠。祕思優聚，乃製宏論。其旨繁而文約，其理幽而易曉，寔法戶之樞機，乃玄關之鈐鍵矣。遂令勝論、數論，同嶠山之壓春卵；聲生、聲顯，譬驚飈之卷秋蘀。自時厥後，教思波紛，勝躅肇彰，耽翫終廣。

Consider that when the sage of the empty mulberry tree arose, he relied on the six stages to illumine the esoteric; when the immortal of Kulai emerged, he unfolded the two books to display his principles. How could that compare to the one whose wisdom perfected the ten powers, who molded myriad phenomena to establish the standards, and whose compassion reached the extremity of the three wheels, broadening the five vehicles to bestow a paradigm? Therefore, he responded to the capacities of beings beneath the twin trees, his supreme teaching pervading the dusty realms; he entered true tranquility beside the two rivers, his residual brilliance shining throughout the sands of kalpas. How grand indeed! Truly it is difficult to find a name for it. When it came to the twenty-eight views, gathering like ants across the Five Indias, and the sixteen teachers, spreading their wings like birds of prey under the four rulers, there was a bodhisattva named Śaṅkarasvāmin, a disciple of the noble Diṅnāga. Endowed with skillful guidance and truly famed for vast learning, he scooped the ocean of wisdom from the depths of his mind and raised the mountain of doctrine within his innermost heart. Thus he hewed Mount Jing to extract the unpolished jade and wandered Clam Bay to seek pearls. With deep contemplative thought richly gathered, he produced a magnificent treatise. Its purport is abundant yet its phrasing concise; its principles are profound yet easily comprehended. Truly it is the pivot of the Dharma portal and the key to the mysterious barrier. Consequently, he caused the Vaiśeṣikas and Sāṃkhyas to be like a towering peak crushing spring eggs, and the Śabdakāryavāda and Śabdābhivyaktivāda to be like a startling gale sweeping autumn leaves. From that time onward, thoughts on the teaching rippled abroad, noble footsteps first became conspicuous, and those who took pleasure in studying it grew immensely broad.