佛祖統紀 48.19

48.19

嘉禧元年太后王氏薨。詔徑山師範禪師入對修政殿。賜金襴袈裟。宣詣慈明殿升座說法。上垂簾而聽。賜號佛鑑。恭聖仁烈皇帝升遐。仍詔師範升座。既而乞歸山林。復賜圓照之號。淳祐元年上夢觀音大士坐竹石間。及覺命圖形刻石。御贊曰。神通至妙兮隱顯莫測。功德無邊兮應感奚速。時和歲豐兮祐我生民。兵寢刑措兮康此王國。仍書廣大靈感四大字。加於觀音聖號之上。又書心經一卷。御書聖教序并玉手爐賜上天竺同庵憲法師。補左右街都僧錄。新上天竺五百羅漢閣。御書超諸有海四大字以賜。

In the first year of Jiaxi, Empress Dowager Wang passed away. Chan Master Shifan of Jingshan was summoned for an audience in the Xiuzheng Hall, granted a golden brocade kāṣāya, and summoned to ascend the seat and preach the Dharma in the Ciming Hall; the Emperor listened behind a lowered curtain. He was granted the title 'Fojian' (Mirror of Buddha). When Emperor Gongsheng Renlie passed away, Shifan was again summoned to ascend the seat. Shortly thereafter, he petitioned to return to the mountain forests, and was additionally granted the title 'Yuanzhao' (Perfect Illumination). In the first year of Chunyou, the Emperor dreamed of the Great Being Avalokiteśvara sitting amidst bamboo and rocks; upon awakening, he ordered an image to be drawn and carved onto stone. The imperial encomium ran: 'His divine powers are most wondrous, / Appearing and disappearing unfathomably. / His merits are boundless, / How swift is his response to resonance! / In seasonal harmony and bountiful years, / He protects our populace. / With warfare laid to rest and punishments shelved, / He brings peace to this royal realm.' He also wrote the four large characters 'Guangda Linggan' (Vast and Miraculous Resonance) to be added above the sacred title of Avalokiteśvara. He further transcribed one fascicle of the Heart Sūtra. He bestowed his imperial calligraphy of the Preface to the Holy Teaching together with a jade hand-censer upon Dharma Master Tong'an Xian of Upper Tianzhu, and appointed him as Chief Recorder of Monks for the Left and Right Streets. When the Pavilion of the Five Hundred Arhats at Upper Tianzhu was renovated, the Emperor wrote the four large characters 'Chao Zhu You Hai' (Surpassing the Ocean of All Existences) to bestow upon it.