[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) › [釋鑑稽古略續集](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2038) › 3.21 # 釋鑑稽古略續集 3.21 釋鑑稽古略續集 3.21 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2038.3.21) 丁亥永樂五年。直隷及浙江諸郡。軍民子弟披剃為僧。赴京請度牒者千八百人。禮部以聞　二月命西僧尚師哈立麻。於靈谷寺啟建法壇。薦祀皇考皇妣。尚師率天下僧伽。舉揚普度大齋科。十有四日。卿雲天花。甘雨甘露。舍利祥光。青鸞白鶴連日畢集。一夕檜柏生金色花。遍於都城。金仙羅漢變現雲表。白象青獅莊嚴妙相。天燈導引旛蓋旋遶。亦既來下。又聞。梵唄空樂自天而降。群臣上表稱賀。學士胡廣等獻聖孝瑞應歌頌。自是之後。上潛心釋典作為佛曲。使宮中歌舞之　二月初六日文武等官奉天門早朝奏准。奉聖旨。著落禮部知道。新出榜曉諭。該行脚僧道持齋受戒。恁他結壇說法。有人阻當發口外為民。欽此　三月封西僧尚師哈立麻。為萬行具足十分最勝圓覺妙智慧善普應。佑國演教如來大寶法王。西天大善自在佛。領天下釋教。賜金百兩銀千兩。彩幣寶鈔。織金珠袈裟。金銀器皿鞍馬。賜儀仗與郡主同。其徒孛羅等。皆封為大國師。並賜印誥金幣等物。宴之於華蓋殿。 > In the dinghai year, the fifth year of the Yongle reign (1407), among the sons of soldiers and civilians in Zhili and the prefectures of Zhejiang, one thousand eight hundred people shaved their heads to become monks and went to the capital to request ordination certificates. The Ministry of Rites reported this to the throne. In the second month, the Western monk Master Karma was ordered to establish a Dharma altar at Linggu Monastery to offer sacrifice for the deceased imperial father and imperial mother. The Master led the saṃgha of the realm in conducting the great retreat liturgy for universal salvation. For fourteen days, auspicious clouds, heavenly flowers, sweet rain, and sweet dew appeared, and relic-lights, green luan-birds, and white cranes gathered without cease day after day. One evening, the cypresses and junipers produced golden flowers throughout the capital. Golden Immortals and arhats manifested amidst the clouds, while white elephants and blue lions displayed wondrous adornments; heavenly lanterns guided the way, and banners and canopies circled around, even descending among them. Furthermore, Buddhist chanting and celestial music were heard descending from heaven. The court officials submitted memorials of congratulation, and Academicians such as Hu Guang presented songs and eulogies celebrating these auspicious responses to imperial filial piety. From then on, His Majesty applied his mind to Buddhist texts, composed Buddhist songs, and had them sung and danced in the palace. On the sixth day of the second month, at the early morning court at the Fengtian Gate, civil and military officials submitted a memorial and received approval, with the imperial rescript: "Let the Ministry of Rites be informed. Issue a new proclamation announcing that itinerant monks and Daoists who uphold vegetarianism and observe the precepts may erect altars and preach the Dharma wherever they wish. Anyone who obstructs them shall be banished beyond the passes to become commoners. Respect this." In the third month, the Western monk Master Karma was invested as the Tathāgata Great Treasure Dharma King, Great Good Independent Buddha of the Western Heavens, Who Is Endowed with the Ten Thousand Practices, Most Exalted in the Ten Directions, of Complete and Perfect Awakening, Wondrous Wisdom, Good and Universal Response, Protector of the State and Propagator of the Teaching; he was appointed to lead the Buddhist teaching throughout the realm. He was granted one hundred taels of gold, one thousand taels of silver, coloured silks, paper currency, a kasāyā woven with gold and pearls, gold and silver vessels, saddled horses, and an escort of honour equal to that of a commandery princess. His disciples, such as Boluo, were all invested as Grand National Preceptors and granted seals, patents, gold, silks, and other items, and they were banqueted in the Huagai Hall. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2038.3.20) - [Next: 3.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2038.3.22) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2038.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2038~en-mt.3.21) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2038.3.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2038.3.21) · Pramāṇa