佛祖歷代通載 12.43

12.43

（二十一）　北印度佛陀波利尊者。至五臺清涼山逢一叟問曰。爾來何為。利曰。求禮覲文殊。叟曰。帶佛頂尊勝呪來否。利曰。未也。叟曰。此土眾生滋惡。而出家者犯四棄尤多。不持此呪隨行遠來奚益。能回取之以流此土可乎。波利作禮而返。以開曜元年取其呪至於長安。有旨命日照三藏翻譯。帝聞此呪靈驗特異。祕之禁掖。波利屢奏請布中外。高宗不得已從之。利即辭入五臺。後不知終。時南天竺有菩提流志。習頭陀行。從耶舍瞿沙受道。為西域宗師名震中夏。帝聞風而悅之。因使西域有詔敦請。

(21) The Venerable Buddhapāla of Northern India reached Qingliang Mountain at Wutai, where he met an old man who asked, "Why have you come?" Pāla replied, "I seek to pay homage to Mañjuśrī." The old man asked, "Did you bring the Uṣṇīṣa Vijaya Dhāraṇī?" Pāla replied, "Not yet." The old man said, "The sentient beings of this land are increasingly evil, and those who have left the household violate the four parājikas particularly often. If you do not carry this dhāraṇī with you, what benefit is there in coming from afar? Can you go back to fetch it so as to circulate it in this land?" Buddhapāla bowed and returned. In the first year of the Kaiyao era, he retrieved the dhāraṇī and reached Chang'an. An edict ordered Tripiṭaka Master Divākara to translate it. Hearing that this dhāraṇī had extraordinary spiritual efficacy, the Emperor kept it secretly in the palace. Buddhapāla repeatedly submitted memorials requesting that it be distributed throughout the realm; Emperor Gaozong had no choice but to comply. Pāla then took leave and entered Wutai, and his final end was not known. At that time in Southern India was Bodhiruci, who practiced dhūta austerities; he received the Way from Yaśoghoṣa and was a master in the Western Regions whose fame shook China. The Emperor heard of his renown and was delighted; sending an envoy to the Western Regions, he issued an edict earnestly inviting him.