釋鑑稽古略續集 2.123

2.123

護持朵耳思烏思藏。詔大矣哉大覺金仙。行矣哉出無量歷阿僧。下兜率生梵宮。異哉雪嶺之修。世人過者乎。天上人間經劫既廣。忍辱愈多。方成佛道。善被人世。法張寰宇。人有從斯道者。天鑒神扶身後同遊於佛境。若違斯道而慢佛者。則天鑒神知羈困地獄。與鬼同處。直候拂石劫盡而方生。其斯憂乎苦乎。一念同佛則百禍烟消化為諸福。今朵耳思烏思藏兩衙地方諸院上師。踵如來之大教。備五印之多經。代為闡揚化㐫頑以從善。啟人心以滌愆。朕謂佛為眾生若是。今多院諸師亦為佛若是。而為暗理王綱與民多福。敢有不尊佛教而慢諸上師者。就本處都指揮司。如律施行毋怠。

On Protecting Dokham and Ü-Tsang: The imperial edict stated: “Great indeed is the Golden Immortal of Great Awakening! Grand indeed in practice! Emerging through immeasurable, passing through asaṃkhyeyas [of kalpas], he descended from Tuṣita and was born in the pure royal palace. How extraordinary was his cultivation on the Snowy Mountains! Could worldly people surpass this? In the heavens and the human realm, having traversed broad kalpas, the more endurance he practiced, the more he accomplished the Buddha-way. His goodness covered the human world, and his Dharma spread across the realm. If someone follows this Way, Heaven will examine and the spirits will assist him, and after this life he will wander together in the realm of the Buddha. If anyone violates this Way and slights the Buddha, Heaven will examine and the spirits will know it; he will be trapped in the hells, dwelling together with ghosts, waiting until the kalpa of rubbing away the stone is exhausted before being born again. Is this not sorrowful and bitter? If a single thought aligns with the Buddha, a hundred misfortunes vanish like smoke and transform into various blessings. Now the masters of the various monasteries in the two prefectures of Dokham and Ü-Tsang follow the great teachings of the Tathāgata and possess the numerous scriptures of the Five Indias. On our behalf, they expound and propagate, transforming the violent and obstinate to follow goodness, opening people's minds to cleanse their offenses. We consider that the Buddha acts thus for the sake of sentient beings; now the various masters of the many monasteries also act thus for the Buddha, secretly assisting the royal order and conferring much blessing on the people. Should anyone dare not to revere the Buddhist teaching and slight the various masters, the local Regional Military Commission shall execute the law against them without neglect.”