[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) › 7.23 # 四明尊者教行錄 7.23 四明尊者教行錄 7.23 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [7.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1937.7.23) 道行于世，久之其天，教敷于聖， 翊知其賢。皇矣真覺，始垂化緣， 開顯一性，周流大千。異人間出， 宗風迭宣，洪惟智者，妙達金僊。 真乘顯暢，法炬光筵，鄞江嗣矣， 四海昭然。紫宸加異，外域申虔， 三觀獨照，萬行彌堅。玉性本潔， 珠形自圓，安步覺地，亡軀講筵。 法不我悟，善期眾遷，汝曹尚怠， 吾軀可捐。冀人警悟，奉誨周旋， 朝賢眷眷，道友拳拳。咸懷戀慕， 不許焚然，其利日廣，其心益專。 化無不至，教無不詮，報靈藉世， 慧日沈淵。師之道機，靡得而言， 師之化迹，可得而鐫，銘之于塔， 芳香永傳。 > When the Way operates in the world, / its enduring depends upon Heaven; / when the teachings are spread by sages, / their assistance depends upon the worthy. / Sovereign was the True Awakened One, / who first bequeathed conditions for transformation, / revealing the one nature, / pervading the trichiliocosm. / Extraordinary people appeared in succession, / alternately proclaiming the ancestral style; / grand was Zhizhe, / who wondrously penetrated the Golden Immortal. / The true vehicle was clearly expounded; / the Dharma torch illuminated the mats. / The Yin River succeeded him, / shining brightly over the four seas. / The Purple Palace added extraordinary honors; / foreign lands expressed devotion. / The three contemplations uniquely illuminated; / the ten thousand practices grew ever firmer. / The nature of jade is fundamentally pure; / the shape of a pearl is naturally round. / Serenely stepping onto the ground of awakening, / giving up his body at the lecture mat: / "If the Dharma is not awakened by me, / the good hope to move the multitude; / if you all remain negligent, / my body can be cast away." / Hoping that people would be alerted and awakened, / they received his instructions back and forth. / Court worthies held him dear; / companions of the Way were earnest and devoted. / All harbored longing and admiration, / not permitting him to burn himself. / His benefit grew broader by the day; / his mind became ever more dedicated. / There was nowhere his transformation did not reach; / there was nothing his teaching did not elucidate. / Having borrowed the world for his karmic recompense, / the wisdom sun sank into the abyss. / The Master's workings of the Way / cannot be fully described in words; / the Master's traces of transformation / may be carved into stone. / Inscribing it upon the stūpa, / the fragrant renown will be handed down forever. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1937.7.22) - [Next: 7.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1937.7.24) - [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.7.23) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1937.7.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1937.7.23) · Pramāṇa