[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) › [四明尊者教行錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1937) › 7.19 # 四明尊者教行錄 7.19 四明尊者教行錄 7.19 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [7.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1937.7.19) 大雄覺世垂微言，磅礴日月周乾坤， 智者才辯窮化元，時為演說開迷昏。 八萬總結河沙塵，俱入天台止觀門， 法智遠出揚清芬，游戲三昧真軼群。 志堅氣直貌且溫，少而敏悟老益勤， 遺旨從衡深討論，消文釋義雖繽紛。 辭淳理妙簡不煩，或懺或講忘晡昕， 邇遐學徒日駿奔，成等正覺消波旬。 俾諸佛祖道彌尊，如流已清濬其源， 如葉已茂培其根，行高名重上國間。 天子遣使來中閽，賢豪勳戚固所忻， 命服錫號迴天恩，知身變滅如浮雲。 誓勇棄舍甘趨焚，素願莫適仍修熏， 眾生嗜好隨貪瞋，三塗轉徙如膏輪。 有能頓悟報施因，罪福苦樂岐以分， 說本無說誰其人，師心了了所夙敦。 言能破妄寧非真，身雖云亡今常存， 江浙蕃蕃其子孫，詔億萬世觀斯文。 > The Great Hero, awakened to the world, bequeathed subtle words, / boundless as the sun and moon, encompassing heaven and earth. / Zhizhe's eloquence and discernment exhausted the origin of transformation, / from time to time expounding to open the eyes of the deluded and unenlightened. / The eighty thousand teachings, comprehensively bound, are like the grains of river sand; / all enter the Tiantai gateway of calming and contemplation. / Fazhi emerged from afar to spread the pure fragrance, / sporting in samādhi, truly surpassing the multitude. / His resolve was firm, his spirit upright, and his countenance gentle; / keen and perceptive in youth, he grew ever more diligent in old age. / The bequeathed teachings he thoroughly and profoundly discussed; / although unwrapping the text and explaining the meaning were manifold, / his phrasing was pure, the principle wondrous, concise and free of complication. / Now repenting, now lecturing, he forgot sunset and dawn; / disciples from near and far dashed forward daily like swift steeds, / realizing equal and right awakening, dispelling Pāpīyas. / He made the Way of all buddhas and patriarchs ever more revered; / like a stream already clear, he dredged its source; / like foliage already lush, he nourished its roots. / His conduct was exalted and his name celebrated in the imperial capital; / the Son of Heaven dispatched envoys from the inner palace. / The worthy, heroic, meritorious, and imperial in-laws certainly rejoiced; / bestowed robes and granted titles returned the celestial grace. / Knowing the body undergoes transformation and destruction like floating clouds, / he bravely vowed to cast it aside and willingly hurried toward the flames; / his pristine aspiration not yet fulfilled, he still cultivated the perfumes of practice. / The predilections of sentient beings follow greed and wrath, / drifting through the three evil destinies like a greasy wheel. / If there is one who can suddenly awaken to the cause of recompense and giving, / offenses and blessings, suffering and bliss, bifurcate into separate paths. / As for preaching that essentially has no preaching, who was such a person? / The Master's mind was lucid, anchored long ago in sincerity. / Words that can shatter delusion—how could they not be the truth? / Though his body is said to have perished, now he endures forever; / his descendants are flourishing throughout Jiangzhe; / may this writing be viewed for hundreds of millions of generations. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1937.7.18) - [Next: 7.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1937.7.20) - [Up: 7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1937.7) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1937~en-mt.7.19) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [佛祖統紀](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.49.25) — 志磐, Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1937.7.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1937.7.19) · Pramāṇa