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When Chengguan arrived, an edict ordered him to join the Kashmiri Tripiṭaka master Prajñā in translating the Sanskrit manuscript of the latter portion of the Avataṃsaka-sūtra presented by the kingdom of Uḍḍiyāna. The Emperor personally attended the translation bureau, and on any day he could not come, he dispatched the monk Jiguang to convey his consent according to the monastic procedure, saying: 'The Emperor's state affairs are a condition for Dharma-accordant Saṃgha affairs, and he grants his pure consent.' Chengguan received the imperial decree. When the translation and proclamation were complete, it was presented, and the Emperor ordered him to expound the essential tenets of the Avataṃsaka. The assembly of ministers gathered in great numbers. Chengguan ascended the high seat and said: 'Our August Sovereign presides over the realm, his virtue matching Heaven and Earth. Illumining the myriad quarters, tributary embassies come through multiple interpreters. The east wind conforms to the musical pitch-pipes; the Western Heavens offer their sincerity across the oceans. The imperial letter from South India and the homage of tributary devotion presented at the Northern Palace Gates: you have specially issued a luminous decree to translate anew the genuine teachings, gloriously propagating the great model and adding brilliance to the newly revealed principles. Chengguan reflects on his abundant heavenly fortune, reverently living in this flourishing brightness. Having received the imperial decree at the translation bureau and accepted the command to subtly assist, leaping with joy yet cautious and fearful, I have repeatedly exhausted my meager capacities. A drop of dew falling into the heavenly pond is gladdened to contain the flavor of a hundred rivers; a speck of dust banking Mount Hua adds nothing to its height of ten thousand fathoms. Reaching the limits of space that can be traversed, the essence being without boundary, is "Great" (mahā). Exhausting the vast ocean that can be drunk, the Dharma-gates being inexhaustible, is "Correct" (vaipulya). Shattering dust-mote buddha-fields that can be counted, the function being unfathomable, is "Vast" (ava-). Transcending awakening and what is awakened, illumining the profound depths of the myriad phenomena, is "Buddha". Blossoming into myriad practices, gloriously shining with manifold virtues, is "Flower" (taṃsa-). Perfecting these practices and virtues to adorn those ten bodies is "Adornment" (avataṃsaka). Stringing together and gathering the subtle and profound to form the radiance of true light is "Sūtra". These seven characters sum up the great overarching framework of the entire work. If one wishes to accord with the original nature, there are no steps except through practice; thus Samantabhadra's boundless supreme practices are preached. When practice arises, conceptual understanding ceases; wisdom verifies complete illumination, unimpeded and fully penetrating, brought forth to be enjoyed right before one.' The Emperor was greatly pleased, and bestowed upon Chengguan the purple square robe and the title of Teaching Preceptor (jiaoshou heshang). Thereafter, Grand Councilors Qi Kang, Zheng Yuqing, and Gao Ying requested him to compose the Huayan gangyao (Essential Outline of the Avataṃsaka) in three fascicles. Grand Councilor Li Jifu, Vice Minister Gui Deng, and Imperial Son-in-law Du Cong requested him to author the Zhengyao (Essential Compendium) in one fascicle. He also wrote the Fajie guan xuanjing (Profound Mirror of the Contemplation of the Dharmadhātu) in one fascicle for King of Nankang Wei Gao and Grand Councilor Wu Yuanheng. Vice Director Gao Chongwen requested him to compose the Jingdeng shuowen (Exposition on the Mirror and the Lamp) in one fascicle. Minister of Works Yan Shou, Minister of Works Zheng Yuan, and Prefect Lu Changyuan requested him to compose the Sansheng yuanrong guan (Contemplation of the Perfect Harmonization of the Three Sages) in one fascicle. Military Commissioner Xue Hua, Surveillance Commissioner Meng Jian, Palace Secretariat Drafter Qian Hui, Reminder Bai Juyi, and Supervising Censor Du Gao requested him to produce the Qichu jiuhui huazangjie tu xinjing shuowen (Exposition of the Mind-Mirror Diagram of the Ocean of Worlds of the Lotus Treasury of Seven Locations and Nine Assemblies) in ten fascicles. Furthermore, together with Master Lingsui, the Grand Monastic Registrar, eighteen chief seat monks, and the elite scholars of the Three Learnings from ten monasteries, he produced more than thirty works on the pivotal connections of sūtras, vinayas, and treatises, including the Avataṃsaka, Complete Enlightenment, Four-Part Vinaya, and Madhyamaka, which were all like antique brocade and pure gold, applied according to the capacity \[of the vessel\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 14.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.14.41) - [Next: 14.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.14.43) - [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.14.42) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.14.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.14.42) · Pramāṇa