[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [佛祖歷代通載](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036) › 14.17 # 佛祖歷代通載 14.17 佛祖歷代通載 14.17 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [14.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.14.17) 和上諱不空。西域人也。氏族不聞於中夏。故不書。玄宗燭知至道。特見高仰。迄肅宗代宗三朝。皆為灌頂國師。以玄言德祥開佑至尊。代宗初以特進大鴻臚褒表之。及示疾不起。又就臥內加開府儀同三司肅國公。皆牢讓不允。特賜法號曰大廣智三藏。大曆五年夏六月癸未。滅度于京師大興善寺。代宗為之廢朝三日。贈司空追諡大辯正廣智三藏。和上荼毘日。詔遣中謁者齎祝文祖祭。申如在之敬。睿詞深切加薦令芳。禮冠群倫舉無與比。明年九月。詔以舍利起塔于舊居寺院。和上性聰朗博觀前佛法藏要旨。緇門獨立邈蕩蕩其無雙。稽夫真言字儀之憲度。灌頂升壇之軌迹。即時成佛之速。應聲儲祉之妙。天麗且彌地普而深。固非未學所能詳也。敢不概見序其大歸。昔金剛薩埵親於毘盧遮那佛前受瑜伽最上乘義。後數百年傳於龍猛菩薩。龍猛又數百年傳於龍智阿闍黎。龍智傳金剛智阿闍黎。金剛智東來傳於和上。和上又西遊天竺師子等國。詣龍智阿闍黎。揚搉十八會法。法化相承自毘盧遮那如來至於和上。凡六棄矣。每齋戒留中導迎善氣。登禮皆答福應較然。溫樹不言莫可紀已。西域隘巷狂象奔突。以慈眼視之。不旋踵而象伏不起。南海半渡天吳鼓駭。以定力對之。未移晷而海靜無浪。其生也。母氏有毫光照燭之瑞。其沒也。精舍有池水竭涸之異。凡僧夏五十享年七十。自成童至于晚暮。常飾供具坐道場浴蘭焚香入佛知見。五十餘年晨夜寒暑未嘗有傾欹懈倦之色。過人絕遠乃如是者後學陞堂誦說。有師法者非一。而沙門惠朗受補處之記。得傳燈之旨。繼明佛日紹六為七。至矣哉。於戲。法子永懷梁木將絕本行。託予勒崇。昔承微言今見几杖。光儀眇漢壇宇清愴。綦書昭銘小子何讓。銘曰。嗚呼大士。起我三宗。道為帝師。秩為儀同。昔在廣成軒后順風。歲逾三千。復有肅公。瑜伽上乘。真語密契。六葉授受。傳燈相繼。述者牒之。爛然有第。陸伏狂象。水息天吳。慈心制暴。慧力降愚。寂然感通。其可測乎。兩楹夢奠。雙樹變色。司空寵終。辨正旌德。天使祖祭。宸衷悽惻。詔起寶塔。舊庭之隅。下藏舍利。上飾浮圖。跡殊生滅。法離有無。刊石為碣。傳之大都。 > "The reverend's name was Amoghavajra (Bukong). He was a man of the Western Regions. His clan and lineage are not heard of in China, hence they are not recorded. Emperor Xuanzong clearly perceived the ultimate Way and held him in exceptionally high esteem. Down through the three reigns of Suzong and Daizong, he served as the Abhiṣeka National Preceptor in all of them, illuminating and aiding the Sovereign with esoteric words and virtuous omens. Early on, Daizong honored him by conferring the title of Grand Herald with Specially Advanced Rank (Tejin da honglu). When he manifested illness and did not rise, the Emperor moreover conferred upon him in his bedchamber the titles of Opening Office Equal in Dignity to the Three Preceptors and Duke of the State of Su. To all of these he firmly declined, but his refusals were not permitted. He was specially bestowed the Dharma title 'Tripiṭaka Master of Great Broad Wisdom'. On the guimei day of the sixth month in the summer of the fifth year of the Da'li era, he passed away at Daxingshan Monastery in the capital. Daizong suspended court audiences for three days on his account, and posthumously presented him with the title of Minister of Works (Sikong) and the posthumous title 'Tripiṭaka Master of Great Eloquence, Uprightness, and Broad Wisdom'. On the day of the reverend's cremation, an imperial decree dispatched an inner court attendant bearing an invocation to perform the ancestral offering, conveying respect as if the master were present. The imperial words were deeply poignant, bestowing further honors and fragrant offerings; the ceremony surpassed that of all peers and was without parallel. In the ninth month of the following year, an imperial decree ordered that a stūpa be erected for his relics in his former monastery. The reverend was of brilliant nature and broadly beheld the essential import of the Dharma treasuries of the previous Buddhas; within the Buddhist order, he stood independent and vast beyond compare. Inspecting the regulations of true word (mantra) syllabic forms, the rituals of abhiṣeka altar ascension, the speed of becoming a Buddha in this very body, and the marvel of amassing blessings at a single invocation—splendid as heaven and extensive as earth, both ubiquitous and profound—it is certainly not something beginners can comprehend in detail. Dare I not sketch an outline to narrate his overarching purpose? Formerly, Vajrasattva personally received the highest yoga vehicle meaning before Vairocana Buddha. Several hundred years later, it was transmitted to Bodhisattva Nāgārjuna. Several hundred years after Nāgārjuna, it was transmitted to Ācārya Nāgabodhi. Nāgabodhi transmitted it to Ācārya Vajrabodhi. Vajrabodhi came east and transmitted it to the reverend. The reverend also traveled west to India, Siṃhala, and other countries, visiting Ācārya Nāgabodhi to delve deeply into the teachings of the eighteen assemblies. The transmission of Dharma transformation from Vairocana Tathāgata to the reverend encompasses six generations. Whenever he fasted and remained in the palace to welcome auspicious pneuma, his prayers and rituals all yielded response, the karmic blessings manifest and clear. Like the silent matters of the palace, they cannot all be recorded. In the narrow alleys of the Western Regions, when a mad elephant charged, he looked at it with eyes of compassion, and in an instant the elephant prostrated and did not rise. Crossing halfway through the Southern Sea, when the water monster Tianwu whipped up waves, he faced it with meditative concentration, and before the sun's shadow shifted, the sea became tranquil without waves. At his birth, there was the auspicious sign of fine light illuminating the scene around his mother. At his passing, there was the anomaly of the pond water in his monastery drying up. In all, he had fifty monastic rains-retreats and lived to the age of seventy. From his youth to his twilight years, he constantly arranged offerings, sat in the bodhimaṇḍa, bathed in orchid waters, burned incense, and entered into the Buddha's knowledge and vision. For more than fifty years, morning and night, winter and summer, he never showed the slightest sign of leaning, laxity, or weariness. Such was his surpassing of ordinary people by far! Among later disciples who entered his hall and recited his teachings, there were many who upheld his methods; but Bhikṣu Huilang received the prophecy of succession, attained the transmission of the lamp, continued the radiance of the Buddha's sun, and succeeded the six generations as the seventh—how supreme! Alas! The Dharma disciples forever cherish the falling of the pillar; knowing his basic deeds are drawing to an end, they entrusted me to inscribe this monument. Formerly receiving his subtle words, today seeing his armrest and staff, his radiant presence is far above the Han sky, the altar courtyard silent and sorrowful. Writing with the utmost care to engrave this inscription, how could this humble person decline? The inscription reads: / Ah, Great Being, / You elevated our three lineages! / In virtue, teacher to the Emperor; / In rank, Equal to the Three Preceptors. / Formerly on Mount Guangcheng, / The Yellow Emperor followed the wind; / Over three thousand years later, / There was again Duke Su. / The supreme vehicle of Yoga, / The secret seal of true words; / Transmitted across six generations, / The transmission of the lamp continued unbroken. / The narrator registers this; / Brilliantly arranged in order. / On land, subduing the mad elephant; / At sea, calming Tianwu; / With a compassionate heart checking violence, / With the power of wisdom conquering folly. / Silent yet responding in spiritual communion— / How could he be fathomed? / The dream between the two pillars announced his end; / The twin trees changed color. / Honored at his death as Minister of Works, / Eloquent and Upright, commemorating his virtue. / The imperial envoy performed the ancestral offering; / The Emperor's heart was sorrowful. / By imperial decree, a precious stūpa was built, / In the corner of the old courtyard; / Below, his relics are enshrined; / Above, the pagoda is adorned. / Traces differ between arising and ceasing, / But the Dharma transcends being and non-being. / Carving this stone as a monument, / To transmit it throughout the imperial metropolis." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 14.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.14.16) - [Next: 14.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.14.18) - [Up: 14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.14) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036~en-mt.14.17) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.14.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.14.17) · Pramāṇa