熾盛光道場念誦儀 1.3

1.3

宋天竺法師慈雲尊者，以行光教，示滅于錢塘天竺道場；門弟子靈鑑，以所稟法師道德，化乎當世。三昧行法施於後代，發揚四種三昧，在乎斯文。行法之盛，不可以不紀，於是拾其遺編，獨有《熾盛光道場念誦儀》未廣流布，遂更采諸文，補助始末，因舊五章增為七科（新添〈示方法〉并〈釋疑〉），〈示方法〉乃取於本經，令造修者有據釋疑，則華梵功等，道俗兼該。其間壇場儀軌，今皇朝譯經三藏大卿圖紀行世，此不委明；餘皆沿襲舊文，不忘乎本云爾。

The Song master of the Dharma of Tianzhu, the Venerable Ciyun, having practiced the luminous teaching, manifested extinction at Tianzhu Bodhimaṇḍa in Qiantang. His disciple Lingjian, taking the virtue of the Dharma master's character that he had received, transformed the world of his day. To bestow the samādhi practice method upon later generations and develop the four types of samādhi lies in this text. The flourishing of the practice method cannot go unrecorded; thereupon, gathering his omitted compilations, only the Recitation Ritual for the Tejaprabhā Bodhimaṇḍa had not yet been widely circulated. Thus, further collecting various texts to supplement it from beginning to end, following the original five chapters, it was expanded into seven sections (newly adding 'Showing the Method' and 'Resolving Doubts'). 'Showing the Method' is taken from the root sūtra, so that those who prepare and cultivate have a basis. 'Resolving Doubts' makes Chinese and Sanskrit of equal efficacy, covering both the religious and the secular. As for the altar and mandala rituals therein, they are currently in circulation having been charted and recorded by the Grand Minister Tripiṭaka translator of the present dynasty, so they are not detailed here; the rest all follows the old text, never forgetting the origin, that is all.