圓悟佛果禪師語錄 7.18

7.18

Concluding the Tianshen Festival, he ascended the hall and said: "An ancient Buddha in the heavens, the supreme sovereign among men, descending to Jambudvīpa in the fifth month, presiding as ruler over the myriad states in the fifth month, stirring up the enterprise of restoration, sweeping away the dust of the four seas, eternally solidifying the dragon plan, ever strengthening the phoenix calendar. Looking afar to the northern palace gates, gazing up to pray for [longevity like] the Southern Mountain. A single phrase is fully brought forth, overtly manifest facing the occasion. Do you fully understand? On the Tianshen Festival of the Son of Heaven of the Jianyan reign, may the sacred longevity flourish ever more for hundreds of millions of years!"