廬山蓮宗寶鑑 1.6

1.6

This single work, the Precious Mirror of the Lotus School, elucidates the buddhānusmṛti-samādhi of the Buddhas and patriarchs, and has already received colophons and endorsements from various venerable masters and good spiritual friends. Arriving in Dadu, I paid respects to the Kashmir State Duke Paṇḍita, our master and arbiter of the Buddhadharma. Receiving his dharma directive, Elder Prajñāśrī and Director of the Office of Affairs Jñānaśrī Kuoluo were instructed to personally bear the Precious Mirror of the Lotus School on the eleventh day of the tenth month in the first year of the Zhida era, during the hidden dragon period of the present Emperor at the Longfu Palace, on the first day of the Moon Sea Kesig, and present a request for an imperial order directing that blocks be carved and the work printed and circulated. In respectful obedience, the carving of the blocks has now been completed at the Monastery of the Dharma King of Immeasurable Life, funded by Chancellor Minglibuka in Dadu. The vast merit accumulated thereby is dedicated specifically to wishing the Emperor myriad blessings of holy longevity, long life for the Empress Dowager and Empress, a thousand autumns for the Crown Prince and the princes, elevated rank and stipend for the civil and military officials, the eternal stability of the imperial realm, and the shining brilliance of the sun of the Buddha, so that all who see or hear of it may together attain the Buddha path.